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March 22, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/amid-libyan-airstrikes-new-rifts-open-in-international-coalition/2011/03/21/ABCavb9_story.html?hpid=z1

In Libya, New Rifts Open in International Coalition

(Washington Post) Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung - Coalition aircraft flew about 80 sorties over Libya on Monday, up from 60 sorties one day earlier. About half of those missions were flown by U.S. pilots. Meanwhile, NATO members bickered over whether what began as a relatively straightforward effort aimed at preventing Gaddafi from launching airstrikes against his people had turned into a more punitive action directed at his military forces, according to a European diplomat. The disputes appear to have delayed U.S. efforts to turn the command of the operation over to NATO. France, which has sought to portray itself as being in the vanguard of the operation, has raised concerns that Arab states will not participate in the operation if it is led by NATO.

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