Qaddafi's Compound Hit: Is NATO Trying To Kill Him? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Yes and no.
Western planes hit Muammar Qaddafi's Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli this morning for the second time since international action began over Libya five weeks ago. Qaddafi's spokesman screamed that the man who calls himself the "king of kings" was the target of the air-strikes.
To be sure, NATO insists that the target was a communications center being used for directing attacks on civilians. That would put the target squarely on UN Security Council Resolution 1973's "OK" list, since it calls for the protection of Libyan civilians. Was it some kind of command post for civilian attacks? Perhaps.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Why John McCain Is Optimistic About Libya -- Romesh Ratnesar, Time
In Libya, 'mission creep' sets in -- L.A. Times editorial
Car wars: Roadmaps to Libya's ground conflict -- Leila Hudson, Al Jazeera
Berber Rebels in Libya’s West Face Long Odds Against Qaddafi -- Scott Sayare, New York Times
The Freedom Movement Comes to Syria -- Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal
Egypt’s liberals are losing the battle -- Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Arab pride reborn through revolution -- Yasmeen El Khoudary, Electronic Intifada
Reforms the Arab monarchies cannot avoid -- Abdulaziz Sager, Washington Post
The Education of an Iranian Revolutionary -- David Feith, Wall Street Journal
Afghan Prison Break: Will It Hurt U.S. Strategy? -- John Wendle / Arghandab, Time
The New Rules: Long-Term U.S. Presence in Afghanistan a Mistake -- Thomas P.M. Barnett, World Politics review
The mirage of an Afghanistan exit -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Walk-to-Work Police force creating accidental guerillas -- Bob A. Fasango, The Independent
Why Pakistan will betray us: The question isn’t if - it’s why -- Jeff M. Smith, The Washington Times
How America is destabilizing Pakistan -- Daniel Larison, The Week
The White House and Guantanamo -- Alana Goodman, Commentary
What the World Sees in America -- Peggy Noonan
Libya, Syria expose Obama's foreign policy incoherence -- Washington Examiner editorial
Copper Is King -- Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
A new global monetary order -- Cho Yoon-jae, Joong Ang Daily
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