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NATO Considers Options for a Postwar Role in Libya

By the AP

From the AP:  NATO’s governing body — the North Atlantic Council — has told its military staff to brainstorm ways to assist a future U.N. mission to stabilize the country.

NATO Campaign Won’t Be a Model for Future Action

By Alistair MacDonald, John W. Miller and Nathan Hodge, the Wall Street Journal

From Alistair MacDonald, John W. Miller and Nathan Hodge, the Wall Street Journal:  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Libyan air campaign succeeded in helping rebel fighters on their way to Tripoli, but NATO’s involvement lasted longer than politicians hoped

President Obama’s Statement on Libya

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I just completed a call with my National Security Council on the situation in Libya.

NATO Proves Critics Wrong

By Barry Pavel, the New Atlanticist

From Barry Pavel, the New Atlanticist:  The naysayers were proven wrong last night, as the Libyan rebels, much more quickly than even the closest observers predicted, took the Libyan capital from its dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, who had ruled with an iron fist for over 40 years.

Planning for Libya 2.0

By Daniel Serwer, Foreign Policy

Russia’s Arctic ‘sea grab’

By Fred Weir, the Christian Science Monitor

From Fred Weir, the Christian Science Monitor:  Russia is expected within months to claim to the United Nations its right to annex about 380,000 square miles of the Arctic.

Abbas tells US lawmakers: NATO role in Palestinian state

By Ma'an

From Ma’an:  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told visiting US Congressmen on Thursday that the security of the future Palestinian state will be handed to NATO under US command, his adviser said Friday.

Former French general: NATO strike on Syria is technically feasible

By Andrew Rettman, EUObserver

From Andrew Rettman, EUObserver:  A Nato strike to disable the Syrian army is technically feasible according to experts, such as former French air chief Jean Rannou. But it could make the country’s internal situation worse.

Former Finnish Prime Minister Harri Holkeri, international peacemaker, dies at age 74

By the AP

From the AP:  Former Finnish Prime Minister Harri Holkeri, who brokered peace talks in Northern Ireland in the late 1990s and headed the U.N. administration in Kosovo, died Sunday. He was 74.