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Apr 7, 2011

US fuel stops Sweden’s jets from flying Libya mission

By the Local

From the Local:  The Swedish JAS Gripen aircraft deployed in Sicily as part of NATO’s Libya mission remained grounded on Thursday as the fuel available is suitable only for US navy aircraft.

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Apr 5, 2011

Global Watercooler: A More Robust UN?

By Frederick Kempe

 Around the watercooler today: UN acts in Ivory Coast; China outbids Australia for a Canadian copper mining company; and Germany chooses a new path. UN Watch:  Taking Sides in a Regime Change Strip out all the diplomatic niceties, and what we’re watching in the Ivory Coast is this: the United Nations is enforcing with military […]

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Apr 4, 2011

EU setting up military operation for Libya

By the Council of the European Union

From the Council of the European Union:  The Council adopted today a decision on a European Union military operation in support of humanitarian assistance operations in response to the crisis situation in Libya ("EUFOR Libya" operation).

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Apr 2, 2011

Philosophes sans frontieres as Plato battles NATO

By James Crabtree, the Financial Times

From James Crabtree, the Financial Times:  It is a story straight from a Bond film. A man on a top-secret mission seeks a taxi to sneak across the Libyan border.

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Apr 2, 2011

Advice for Obama: Coalitions require constant care and attention

By Meghan O’Sullivan, the Washington Post

From Meghan O’Sullivan, the Washington Post:  Given the most obvious differences between Iraq and Libya — no ground troops in Libya and no U.N. resolution in Iraq — few will take issue with [President Barack] Obama’s protestation.

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Apr 1, 2011

Europe Had Better Wake Up

By Lord Robertson, the New Atlanticist

From Lord Robertson, the New Atlanticist:  Europe, despite its relative prosperity and economic muscle, is still not, as we have seen, able to act in its own self-interest without US leadership and military capabilities.

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Apr 1, 2011

Swedish legislature approves sending fighter jets to Libya

By the Local

From the Local:  Sweden’s Riksdag on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of Sweden sending JAS Gripen fighter aircraft to Libya to monitor a UN-backed no-fly zone. The parliament voted through the proposal by a resounding 240 to 18, with five abstentions. "Sometimes the risk of intervening is less than the risk of not doing so," […]

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Mar 31, 2011

NATO Chief: “We are there to protect the Libyan people, not to arm the people”

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  NATO’s chief said Thursday the alliance doesn’t support U.S. and British suggestions that the U.N. mandate for the international military operation in Libya allows arming rebels who are fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s troops.

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Mar 30, 2011

NATO chief: No military solution to Libya crisis

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday he would not guess how long the alliance’s military mission would last in Libya, but there could be no solely military solution.

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Mar 30, 2011

Preserving the Coalition

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  The United States, its allies and Libyan rebels all want to see Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi out of power and support United Nations-mandated military action to keep him from slaughtering innocent civilians.

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