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Apr 6, 2011

NATO: “No country is vetoing this target or that one, it’s not like Kosovo”

By Steven Erlanger, the New York Times

From Steven Erlanger, the New York Times:  Angry charges by Libyan rebels that NATO has failed to come to their aid point up a question that has haunted the Western air campaign from the start: how to avoid a stalemate and defeat the Libyan leader without putting foreign troops on the ground.

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Apr 5, 2011

NATO lacking strike aircraft for Libya campaign

By Ian Traynor and Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian

From Ian Traynor and Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian: Nato is running short of attack aircraft for its bombing campaign against Muammar Gaddafi only days after taking command of the Libyan mission from a coalition led by the US, France and Britain.

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Apr 5, 2011

Anders Fogh Rasmussen has won the Afghan War

By Jan Techau, atlantic-community.org

From Jan Techau, atlantic-community.org:  Anders Fogh Rasmussen has won the Afghan War.

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Apr 4, 2011

Libyan conflict highlights international nature of NATO’s military leadership

By James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations

From James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations:  NATO has full responsibility for this mission and is executing it through our Joint Force Command in Naples

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Apr 4, 2011

Historic milestone for NATO’s military command

By James Stavridis, EUCOM

From James Stavridis, EUCOM:  We held a good event at my HQ late last week – a birthday party. We celebrated the first sixty years of this NATO strategic operational command.

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Apr 4, 2011

Libyan conflict puts spotlight on airpower and aircraft sales

By Tim Hepher, Reuters

From Tim Hepher, Reuters:  "This is turning into the best shop window for competing aircraft for years. More even than in Iraq in 2003," says Francis Tusa, editor of UK-based Defense Analysis.

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Apr 4, 2011

US withdrawing its warplanes from Libya mission

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  The U.S. military will pull its warplanes from front-line missions Monday and shift to a support role in the Libyan conflict, a NATO official said. Britain, France and other NATO allies will now provide the fighter and attack jets to conduct intercept and ground attack missions as they enforce a […]

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Apr 4, 2011

Hungry for Security: Can NATO help in a humanitarian crisis?

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO is a unique organisation.

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Apr 3, 2011

Europe needs a miliary avant-garde

By Charles Grant, the Center for European Reform

From Charles Grant, the Center for European Reform:  The Libyan operation has shown that the US now expects Europe to look after its own backyard.

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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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