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Amnesty: Gadhafi Opponents Missing

Group cites at least 30 likely detained by retreating Gadhafi forces

(Newser) - Moammar Gadhafi's government has swept up bloggers, journalists, suspected rebel fighters, and even teenage protesters in an organized effort to quash rebellion in Libya, Amnesty International said in a report today. The group said its workers in Libya have documented 30 cases of people who have disappeared in the east,...

Fox's Chris Wallace Torqued By Hillary Clinton-Robert Gates Appearances on Other Sunday Shows
 Fox Torqued By 
 Clinton-Gates 'Diss' 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Mar 27, 2011 11:56 AM CDT

Fox Torqued By Clinton-Gates 'Diss'

Of course, secretaries skipped CNN, too

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates were talking up Libya on the talk show circuit today—except on Fox, and don't you think that host Chris Wallace didn't notice, reports Politico. “Of course we wanted to get the White House view on Libya,” Wallace told his viewers. “However,...

Libya Rebels Retake Brega
 Libya Rebels Retake Brega 
Mar 27, 2011 6:12 AM CDT

Libya Rebels Retake Brega

Buoyed by NATO strikes, rebels advance as Gadhafi loyalists 'melt away'

(Newser) - Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward today toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Moammar Gadhafi. Brega, a main oil export terminal in eastern Libya, fell after a skirmish late yesterday and rebel forces moved swiftly west,...

Gingrich Clarifies His Libya Shifts, Blames Obama

Admits 'contradictions,' but pins them on the president

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich today admitted "contradictions" in his own Libya statements, but says he was merely reacting to President Obama's policy shifts. The rundown, as first noted in Think Progress :
  • March 7: "Exercise a no-fly zone this evening," said Gingrich. "We don't need to have the United
...

Libyan Woman: Gadhafi's Thugs Raped Me

Tried to tell story to western media as Gadhafi thugs drag her off

(Newser) - A Libyan woman crashed the Tripoli hotel housing western journalists today, reports the New York Times, fighting past guards to tell reporters a story of horrific sexual assault at the hands of pro-Gadhafi forces. Iman al-Obeidy, a native of Benghazi, says she was detained at a checkpoint, and imprisoned and...

Libya Rebels Recapture Ajdabiya in First Major Turnaround
 Libyan Rebels Retake Key City 
Mar 26, 2011 5:29 AM CDT

Libyan Rebels Retake Key City

Ajdabiya falls in first major turnaround

(Newser) - Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya today after international airstrikes on Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that once appeared on the verge of defeat. Ajdabiya's sudden fall to Gadhafi's troops spurred the swift UN resolution authorizing international action in...

Obama: We're Not Trying to Kill Gadhafi

President tells lawmakers assassination isn't on the table

(Newser) - President Obama has said Moammar Gadhafi should go, but he apparently doesn't mean it in the most extreme sense. The president told congressional lawmakers today that the military isn't out to assassinate the Libyan leader, reports Politico . “There was a discussion of how we have other ways of regime...

Peggy Noonan: Obama Has to Give a Major Speech Explaining His Libya Decision

 Time for Your 
 Libya Speech, 
 Mr. President 
Peggy Noonan
Mar 25, 2011 12:42 PM CDT

Time for Your Libya Speech, Mr. President

Peggy Noonan: Obama has to explain this to the American people

(Newser) - Peggy Noonan is among those scratching their heads over the US decision to flex its muscle in Libya, and she'd like help figuring it out ... from President Obama himself. "I cannot for the life of me see how an American president can launch a serious military action without a...

'Sheen' Used for Libya Psy-Ops
 'Sheen' Used for Libya Psy-Ops 
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Mar 25, 2011 6:21 AM CDT

'Sheen' Used for Libya Psy-Ops

Actor's name used as flight call sign

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen won't likely bring his " Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour to Libya, but military flights bearing his name are doing a tour of their own. A Dutch radio buff monitoring and tweeting military communications has discovered that Libya flights by an Air Force cargo plane configured to broadcast...

Coalition Split Over Libya Goals

No clear exit strategy in sight as strikes continue

(Newser) - The international coalition has succeeded in preventing Moammar Gadhafi's forces from crushing Libyan rebels, but it remains deeply divided over the mission's final goal. The allies have agreed to turn control of the no-fly zone over to NATO , but no consensus has emerged on how far they should go in...

NATO Takes Over No-Fly Zone in Libya

But that's all for now

(Newser) - After days of hard bargaining among its members, NATO agreed late today to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya—but not other military operations yet. The agreement, announced in Brussels by the alliance's secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will allow the United States to hand over command and control of part...

US Costs in Libya Hit 'Hundreds of Millions' Quickly

Those Tomahawks are at least $1 million apiece

(Newser) - So how much does the Libya intervention cost? The AP tries to nail down some specifics:
  • The US fired about 160 Tomahawk missiles, and those cost somewhere between $1 million and $1.5 million apiece.
  • B-2 bombers flying round-trip from Missouri have logged 25 hours of flying time, with the
...

Rumsfeld to Obama: Hey, Wars Have Consequences

He also faults president for having an unclear mission

(Newser) - Glass houses, alert: Donald Rumsfeld thinks the US intervention in Libya—or at least the way President Obama is going about it—is misguided. The former defense chief tells Politico that President Obama has presented a muddled set of goals, resulting in an unclear mission. The problem involves the international...

Gadhafi's Air Force Is Done: UK General

NATO still wrestling with logistics of military operation

(Newser) - Allies have knocked out Moammar Gadhafi's air force and can fly over Libya "with near impunity," says a senior British commander. They're now turning their attention to knocking back Gadhafi's tanks and ground forces with airstrikes, reports the BBC . Meanwhile, NATO still hasn't figured out how the military...

Biden's Old 'Impeach Bush' Speech Turned Against Him

... and toward his new boss

(Newser) - Churn through enough news sites today, and you're bound to come across a 2007 clip of Joe Biden promising to lead an impeachment of President Bush if he attacks Iran without getting the approval of Congress, notes Mediaite . It's leading to charges of Libya hypocrisy along these lines from Ed...

Libya Frees 3 More Journalists
 Libya Frees 3 More Journalists 
Mar 23, 2011 8:40 AM CDT

Libya Frees 3 More Journalists

Reporter and photographers were detained Saturday

(Newser) - The Libyan government today released three journalists captured last week near a key eastern city that has been a daily battleground between Moammar Gadhafi's forces and Libyan rebels, according to the AFP. Reporter Dave Clark and photographer Roberto Schmidt, both of whom work for AFP, and Joe Raedle, a Getty...

Libya Allies Bicker Over Who Will Lead

US calls 'not it'

(Newser) - The coalition policing Libya’s skies is facing an internal conflict, as well: it can’t agree on who will lead the effort going forward. The US is currently in charge, but President Obama has made it clear that he’d like to hand off control . But to who? The...

Friendly Libyans Injured in US Jet Rescue

Bombs dropped during mission to rescue downed airmen

(Newser) - The US military is facing questions over this week's mission to rescue two airmen following reports that several Libyan civilians were injured in the operation. The airmen ejected after their F-15 malfunctioned and landed in separate locations in rebel-held territory. Villagers claim shots were fired during one rescue and bombs...

No-Fly Zone Price Tag: $1B
 No-Fly Zone Price Tag: $1B 
Mar 23, 2011 1:41 AM CDT

No-Fly Zone Price Tag: $1B

How much allies will absorb remains to be seen

(Newser) - Just when it seemed the US couldn't afford to spend another penny on anything come estimates that the price of enforcing a no-fly zone in Libya could hit $1 billion within weeks. Coalition forces spent some $112 million in the first hour of the air assault, based on missile prices...

Carl Levin: Um, Let's Not Impeach Obama

Because if this is impeachable, so is every war since WWII

(Newser) - A top Senate Democrat tried to throw some cold water on the talk of impeaching President Obama over the military action in Libya, saying that if what Obama did was impeachable, so was every US military operation since World War II. “That one-day kind of story, which is all...

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