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3/17/11

Libya: France pleads for military intervention as Gaddafi forces attack Libyan rebels - by Edward Cody

France’s foreign minister, Alain Juppe, said Wednesday that there was still time for military intervention to turn the tide against embattled leader Moammar Gaddafi in Libya. All the United States and other major powers had to do, he suggested, was follow France’s lead to pass a quick Security Council resolution and then send warplanes to neutralize Gaddafi’s air force.

“This is urgent,” Juppe declared on his blog, adding: “We have often seen in our contemporary history that the weakness of democracies leaves the field open to dictatorships. It is not too late to defy this rule.”

For more: France pleads for military intervention as Gaddafi forces attack Libyan rebels - The Washington Post

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