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Libya: mixed messages on targeting Gaddafi
The US is doing better than the UK at agreeing a line on whether Colonel Gaddafi is a target in the Libya bombing or not – and sticking to it, as Gary Gibbon blogs.
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The US is doing better than the UK at agreeing a line on whether Colonel Gaddafi is a target in the Libya bombing or not – and sticking to it, as Gary Gibbon blogs.
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Peter McHugh writes for Channel 4 News on the debate on Libya in the House of Commons, where despite widespread support for action there is still a niggling doubt if, legally, Gaddafi is a target.
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