US eases off in Libya, Gadhafi holds on
By Robert Burns | China Daily | Updated: 2011-04-06 08:04
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Libyan rebels load a weapon on the road to the frontline in the oil town of Brega on Tuesday. Youssef Boudlal / Reuters |
WASHINGTON - Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly US missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya, the US combat role is ending, the rag-tag rebels are reeling and the Pentagon is betting its European allies can finish the job.
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