Monday, March 21, 2011

War In Libya -- News Updates March 21, 2011



Libyan Rebels Launch Offensive; Coalition Continues Pounding Gaddafi’s Forces -- Washington Post

NEAR AJDABIYA, Libya — Buoyed by U.S. and allied airstrikes that relieved a siege of Benghazi, Libyan rebels launched an offensive early Monday aimed at retaking the strategic city of Ajdabiya, as Western warplanes continued pounding forces loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gaddafi.

Explosions and plumes of smoke marked the scene of the strikes against Gaddafi’s forces in Ajdabiya, about 100 miles south of the rebels’ de facto capital of Benghazi, and advancing rebels cheered when Western warplanes flew overhead. The rebels by Monday had regained control of Zuwaytinah, an oil terminal about 16 miles northwest of Ajdabiya that had been captured by loyalist forces last week, news agencies reported

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More News On The War In Libya

Libya: live report -- Yahoo News/AFP

Colonel Gaddafi's son 'killed in kamikaze pilot attack on Tripoli barracks' -- The Daily Mail
Glance of assets massing for Libya military action -- AP

Buoyed by strikes, Libya rebels try to advance
-- Yahoo News/AP
AP Exclusive: Rebels want Gadhafi ousted, not dead -- AP
General: Coalition strikes more Gadhafi defenses -- Yahoo News/AP
Libya action could last 'a while,' official says -- Yahoo News/AP
UK: Strikes neutralize Libyan air defenses -- Yahoo News/AP
Fresh Western attacks target Kadhafi compound -- Yahoo News/AFP
Coalition Extending No Fly Zone Over Libya -- ABC News
Coalition Attacks on Libya Intensify as Gadhafi's Compound Is Hit -- ABC News
General: Coalition Forces Strike Additional Qaddafi Defenses -- FOX News
Allies Target Qaddafi’s Ground Forces as Libyan Rebels Regroup -- New York Times
U.S., French, British forces expand Libya bombing campaign -- L.A. Times
Allies Press Libya Attacks -- Wall Street Journal
US navy ships, aircraft at center of Libya strikes -- Navy Times
Libya forces retreat after air raids -- Al Jazeera
Gaddafi forces fend off rebel advance -- ABC.net (Australia)
Rebels fail to retake Ajdabiya -- UPI
Libya rebels advance amid strikes -- Press Association
Libya's Rebels Embrace West -- Wall Street Journal
Libyan Rebels Move to Regain Lost Ground -- Voice of America
Libya: Gaddafi forces 'shelled residential suburbs' -- BBC
On a Libyan field, allied airstrikes bring destruction and hope -- Washington Post

Mullen: Early stage of Libya assault going well -- Washington Times
Mullen: Attacks Make No-Fly Zone Possible -- US Department of Defense
U.S. and European officials say initial assault on Gaddafi’s forces ‘very effective’; Libyan leader pledges ‘long, drawn-out war’ -- Washington Post
U.S. Stresses Limits to Military Role in Libya -- New York Times/Reuters
U.S. Sees Possible French, British Lead on Libya -- New York Times/Reuters

Libya: UK battles to hold coalition together -- The Guardian
Libyan military action exposes EU divisions -- M&C
EU Broadens Libyan Sanctions -- Wall Street Journal
Germany defends Libya stance, EU toughens sanctions -- Reuters
Arab League gets back behind Libya strikes -- AFP
Arab League Official Says Libya An "Arab Duty" Above All -- Wall Street Journal
Arab League 'united' over Libya action -- BBC

West in "medieval crusade" on Gaddafi, Putin says -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Medvedev clashes with Putin over Libya -- Yahoo News/AFP

Map: Tracking Events in Libya - Washington Post
Map: How the Rebellion Is Unfolding in Libya - New York Times
Libya Uprising in Maps - BBC News

Commentaries, Opinions, Editorials, And Analysis On The Libyan War

Costs of Libya operation already piling up -- Yahoo News
Early success in Libya campaign but what's next is unclear -- Stars And Stripes
Target in Libya Is Clear; Intent Is Not -- Helene Cooper and David E. Sanger, New York Times
New U.S. role marks a shift in global order -- Peter Worthington, National Post
The British lion roars over Libya: is this the return of Great Britain as a world power? -- Niles Gardiner, The Telegraph
Don't Bet on a Brief - or Limited - War in Libya -- Tony Karon, Time
Why the U.S. Went to War: Inside the White House Debate on Libya -- Massimo Calabresi, Time
Libya: It's not our fight -- L.A. Times editorial
Why Libya 2011 is not Iraq 2003 -- Peter Bergen, CNN
What is the Libya endgame? -- Ben Smith & Byron Tau, Politico
We Don't Know What We Are Doing -- David Warren, Real Clear Politics
A Call from the Colonel: Gaddafi and His Bunker -- Howard Chua-Eoan, Time
The challenge of Libya can only get tougher -- The Telegraph
In Libya, an unstated mission -- Baltimore Sun editorial
Libya: Air Strikes and the Road to Ajdabiya -- Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker
Obama’s disastrous U.N. resolution -- Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post
Libya intervention: What's the endgame? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor

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WNU EDITOR: Our next update on the war in libya will be at 23.59 EST tonight.

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