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Coalition air strikes see waning support from Arabs, China and Russia
Guardian ^ | 03/20/11 | # Ewen MacAskill, Ian Black and Nick Hopkins

Posted on 03/20/2011 4:32:23 PM PDT by KevinDavis

Arab support for the US-led war in Libya showed signs of fraying today in reaction to the sheer destructive power of the initial attack, claims of civilian deaths and a warning by Muammar Gaddafi to prepare for "a long war".

The secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, appeared to wobble just over a week after his organisation, which represents 23 Arab states, voted in favour of a no-fly zone. Pictures of charred bodies led to not only the Arab League but Russia and China expressing regret over the violence. Moscow claimed the US-led coalition was going beyond its UN mandate to protect civilians and called for an end to the "indiscriminate use of force".

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lybia
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To: P-Marlowe
Apparently when the SHTF, it will be America who will be blamed for everything.

I thought France was in charge? Wasn't it France doing close air support for the Islamists?

41 posted on 03/20/2011 6:26:45 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (The heresy of heresies was common sense - Orwell)
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To: 353FMG

stopped giving money too and yes In need a drink but have to be up early tomorrow sadly.

enjoy that drink BTW I wish I was having one too


42 posted on 03/20/2011 6:27:58 PM PDT by manc (Shame on all who voted for the repeal of DADT, who supported it or never tried to stop it. Traitors)
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To: KevinDavis

From another Drudge headline:

“Liberal Democrats in uproar over Libya action”

This is just too delicious.


43 posted on 03/20/2011 7:43:18 PM PDT by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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Welcome to Obama’s War.

Politics, politics, politics.

And Americans die.


44 posted on 03/20/2011 10:56:11 PM PDT by D-fendr
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To: InterceptPoint

[It could be that the Arab League doesn’t understand that imposing a No Fly Zone requires the destruction of enemy air defense.]

Some of them thought it was a UN program to spray DDT on Libyan garbage dumps.


45 posted on 03/21/2011 12:24:22 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: KevinDavis

Could be but,

the geography and land mass doesn`t lend itself to making it easy.

There is no outcome strategy.


46 posted on 03/21/2011 9:16:13 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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