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Latest revision as of 18:04, March 13, 2011

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Author(s) John Kerry
Source The Washington Post
Date March 11, 2011
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/10/AR2011031005685.html
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Quotes-start.png So far, Gaddafi's forces have relied on airpower selectively. But Gaddafi is shrewd. My fear is that he is either choosing to bleed the opposition to death, rather than invite global action with a broad massacre, or waiting for the world to prove itself unwilling to act. Then he may well begin killing civilians in large numbers. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position United States should impose a no-fly zone on the topic 2011 Libyan uprising.