Operation Odyssey Dawn

Terrorism Expert Tries To Make TV Appearances Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 11.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As NATO forces attacked the Gaddafi regime in Libya this spring, an American citizen attempted to help negotiate the dictator’s orderl...

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Score Obama's Proxy War a Clear Win

Ward Carroll | Posted 12.20.2011

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Add Odyssey Dawn to Obama's military wins along with the end of the Iraq War and the bin Laden raid. He didn't ask for permission in any of those cases, and he didn't shrink in the face of the risk along the way. In the end he just got it done.

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Libyan Army Ordered To Retreat From Misrata, Says Wounded Government Soldier

Reuters | Posted 06.22.2011

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April 23, 2011 6:45:02 AM MISRATA, Libya, April 23 (Reuters) - A wounded Libyan government soldier captured by rebel forces in Misrata said on ...

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Libya Says Army May Halt Fighting In Besieged City Of Misrata

Reuters | Michael Georgy | Posted 06.22.2011

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April 23, 2011 2:54:42 AM By Michael Georgy MISRATA, Libya, April 23 (Reuters) - NATO air strikes may force Libya to halt fighting by its ar...

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Libya Says NATO Airstrike Near Gaddafi Compound Kills Multiple People

Reuters | Posted 06.22.2011

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April 23, 2011 2:05:31 AM TRIPOLI, April 23 (Reuters) - NATO jets hit a target near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound in central Tripoli...

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John McCain Heading To Libya

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 06.21.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. John McCain, one of the strongest proponents in Congress of the U.S. military intervention in Libya, is heading to the rebel s...

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Obama, Cameron And Sarkozy Take To The Papers On Libya

nytimes.com | BARACK OBAMA, DAVID CAMERON, and NICOLAS SARKOZY | Posted 06.15.2011

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Together with our NATO allies and coalition partners, the United States, France and Britain have been united from the start in responding to the crisi...

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The Senator and Libya

Don Kraus | Posted 06.01.2011

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The fact that effective international action is not always possible in every instance of major humanitarian catastrophe should never be an excuse for inaction where effective responses are possible.

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Obama on Libya: George W. Bush 2.0

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.31.2011

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Just like Bush, Obama doesn't let his hypocrisy get in the way of a good war.

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Our Dereliction Of Duty In Time Of War

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 05.31.2011

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The act of sending our troops into harm's way without addressing it before Congress, the voice of those very people our presidents send to combat, must end. This is part of an unconstitutional trend that has become a norm.

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Debate Continues Over Arming Of Libyan Rebels

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.30.2011

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LONDON — World powers clashed Wednesday over whether it is legal to supply weapons to Libya's badly equipped rebels as Moammar Gaddafi's troops ...

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Libyan Rebels Retreat From Oil Port Under Attack

AP/The Huffington Post | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 05.30.2011

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BREGA, Libya (AP) — Rebels retreated Wednesday from the key Libyan oil port of Ras Lanouf along the coastal road leading to the capital Tripoli ...

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'Carnage Beyond Imagination' In Misrata

Reuters/The Huffington Post | Hamid Ould Ahmed | Posted 05.29.2011

(Reuters) - Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata said they were under intense attack on Tuesday by forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi, and they ...

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Rebels Battle Outside Gaddafi Hometown

AP/The Huffington Post | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 05.29.2011

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BIN JAWWAD, Libya -- Libyan government tanks and rockets blunted a rebel assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte on Tuesday and drove back the ...

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Obama Strongly Defends Libya Intervention

AP/The Huffington Post | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Defending the first war launched on his watch, President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya t...

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NATO Agrees To Take Over Libya Air Strikes

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 05.27.2011

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BRUSSELS — NATO will assume command of all aerial operations in Libya from the U.S.-led force that has been conducting air strikes against Moamm...

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Libya Civilians Return To Decimated Cities, Bury Dead, Search For Loved-Ones

Time | Posted 05.27.2011

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The smell of decaying bodies hangs over the rows of loosely packed sand as the caretaker moves through the cemetery on Ajdabiyah's southern edge. Emba...

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Libya Rebels Seize Momentum, Take Back Key Oil Town

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 05.27.2011

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AL-EGILA, Libya (AP) -- Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward Sunday toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international ...

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Is Gaddafi Using Human Props?

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.26.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says the Libyan government's claims of civilians killed in airstrikes are unproven. (SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES...

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No- Fly Guy

Will Durst | Posted 05.26.2011

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No one said being president was going to be easy. And no one was right. You get yelled at for doing things and you get yelled at for not doing things....

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Friday Talking Points [160] -- "Name That War" Contest

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.26.2011

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Our involvement with Libya has been dubbed, by these faceless Pentagon brass, as "Operation Odyssey Dawn." Um... OK. But seriously, is this the best we can do?

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Gaddafi's Son Had Internship In U.S. Just Before Libyan Conflict

AP | By DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi toured U.S. ports and military facilities just weeks before he helped lead deadly attacks on...

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Member of the European Parliament, can't accept the German "Nope" to Libya

Lia Petridis Maiello | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit is a German politician, active in France and Germany and a member of the European Parliament. His German-Jewish parents had fl...

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Obama To Speak To Members Of Congress On Libya

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday afternoon will hold a conference call with leaders of Congress to update them on the situati...

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White House Contest: Hey, America -- Tell Us Our Mission in Libya!

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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The best answer will be chosen by members of the Foreign Relations Committee and become our official policy in Libya; the winner will break the news to Congress.

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