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March 21 Updates on War in Libya and Mideast Protests - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • President Barack Obama said at a news conference in Chile on Monday that while the international military action is aimed only at stopping the killing of Libyan civilians by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces, “it is U.S. policy that Qaddafi needs to go.”
  • one day after the secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, told Egyptian state media that the coalition bombing of Libya was excessive, he seemed to retreat from that position following a meeting with the United Nations secretary general
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BBC News - Libya protests: UN Security Council condemns crackdown - 0 views

  • At least 300 people have been killed so far in the uprising. Earlier, Col Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters to attack the "cockroaches" and "rats" protesting against his rule.
  • Anyone who took up arms against Libya would be executed, he warned.
  • They fear the veteran leader is out to destroy the country before he is finally deposed.
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  • He portrayed the protesters as misguided youths who had been given drugs and money by a "small, sick group", and blamed "bearded men" - a reference to Islamists - and Libyans living abroad for fomenting the violence.
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Col Gaddafi's speech was "very, very appalling" and "amounted to him declaring war on his own people".
  • "The Gaddafi statement was just code for his collaborators to start the genocide against the Libyan people. It just started a few hours ago. I hope the information I get is not accurate but if it is, it will be a real genocide," he told reporters.
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