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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Libya fighting rages as Kadhafi looks for way out

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Libya News: TRIPOLI: Fighting raged on Tuesday between forces loyal to Moamer Kadhafi and insurgents, despite a UN-mandated no-fly zone and amid reports the Libyan leader may be looking for a way out of the conflict.
As a senior US officer said Kadhafi forces were still attacking civilians, doubts persisted over the best way to continue the campaign to stop Kadhafi, and where it was leading.Latest Libya News
However, US President Barack Obama said there has been a "significant reduction" in US flights over Libya, and he expected "clarity" on the future command structure of allied military operations "over the next several days."He was cutting short a Latin America trip to fly home to meet his security team about the Libya conflict, the White House said.



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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told ABC News that people close to Kadhafi have been contacting Libya's allies worldwide to see how they can "get out of this.""We've heard about... people close to him reaching out to people that they know around the world -- "Latest Libya News "Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America, beyond -- saying what do we do? How do we get out of this?" she said.

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French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said earlier that future actions of the coalition, which began air strikes on Saturday on Kadhafi military installations, depend in part on the embattled Libyan leader.
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"The military operations could stop at any moment. Latest Libya News All it would take is for the Tripoli regime to adhere precisely and completely with UN Security Council resolutions, and to accept a genuine ceasefire," Juppe said.He called on Kadhafi to withdraw troops engaged in military advances and send them "back to their barracks." (AFP)

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