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    Don't you think that an accurate representation...

    Don't you think that an accurate representation of the history of the crisis is important?

    Saying that Gbagbo's forces collapsed due to his capture is not accurate and would seem to indicate that...
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    Actually I seem to recall the "New Forces"...

    Actually I seem to recall the "New Forces" surging across the ceasefire line and overrunning most of the country before Gbagbo surrendered.

    Gbagbo had some holdout forces in his bunker and some...
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    Guess Qatar didn't get the memo ...

    Guess Qatar didn't get the memo on Gaddafi's Islamic charms.
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    Gotta wonder if this: ... has something to...

    Gotta wonder if this:



    ... has something to do with this:
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    The new urban environment is likely why AC-130s...

    The new urban environment is likely why AC-130s are being ordered up. Hard to think of a better platform for whack-a-mole inside a city.
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    More Gaddafi propaganda own-goals...

    More Gaddafi propaganda own-goals - a woman breaks into the Tripoli hotel where foreign journalists are staying and tries to tell how she was raped and abused by pro-Gaddafi militia. Gaddafi...
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    Despite Libyan claims, little evidence of...

    Despite Libyan claims, little evidence of civilian casualties - A nasty part of me wants this regime to survive, if only because propaganda this inept is so rarely found nowadays.
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    In a Field of Flowers, the Wreckage of War in...

    In a Field of Flowers, the Wreckage of War in Libya - NYTIMES



    Superb pictures up at the NYTIMES website. Looks like the allies are using the UNSC resolution to the fullest.
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    Of note: Gaddafi Regime Tried to Recruit Me...

    Of note:

    Gaddafi Regime Tried to Recruit Me - IWPR

    Interesting story by IWPR on how Gaddafi's regime in Tripoli is passing out weapons to anyone in the capital willing to defend the regime,...
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    I don't know, that seems to be openly...

    I don't know, that seems to be openly contradicted by the earlier part of your post:



    Mr. Baroin is a French government spokesman.

    People seem to be forgetting that the opposition is now...
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    Chips that China, especially, or Russia...

    Chips that China, especially, or Russia particularly care for? The French have little to offer other than their influence over EU trade policy, which they must share with the Germans. What chips do...
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    Disagree with you emphatically on this one. Do...

    Disagree with you emphatically on this one. Do you really believe that France and Britain threw together this resolution on the fly? I seriously doubt that the French and the British have the ability...
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    Specter of Rebel Rout Helps Shift U.S. Policy on...

    Specter of Rebel Rout Helps Shift U.S. Policy on Libya - NYTIMES
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    Qaddafi Forces Seize Another Rebel Stronghold...

    Qaddafi Forces Seize Another Rebel Stronghold



    Looks like the curtain may be coming down on this one. Pity the people of Libya.
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    The GCC stands for Gulf Cooperation Council, and...

    The GCC stands for Gulf Cooperation Council, and they're already deploying troops to Bahrain to help contain/crush/defend against a much less violent protest movement. Not so ineffectual when they...
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    FYI the British team has already been released...

    FYI the British team has already been released. The Dutch have also been let go, but the Gaddafi regime decided to keep the helicopter.

    IMO, there was some decided pros and cons to any...
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    I think the Libyans in Benghazi and Ras Lanuf and...

    I think the Libyans in Benghazi and Ras Lanuf and Zawiyah are actually doing something.
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    Libyan Rebels Repulse Mercenary Attack on Eastern...

    Libyan Rebels Repulse Mercenary Attack on Eastern City of Brega

    Libya Rebels Rout Gadhafi force attack on oil port
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    A couple of interesting articles about the...

    A couple of interesting articles about the storming of the Benghazi military base:

    In Libya, an unlikely hero of a youth-led revolution

    The day the Katiba fell
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    I think long-term sanctions would be useless....

    I think long-term sanctions would be useless. Aggressive, short-term interdiction of aerial resupply for Qadhafi regime forces would probably be quite productive, though.

    I think any active armed...
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