Obama hopes resurgent Libyan opposition can topple Gadhafi

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Obama hopes resurgent Libyan opposition can topple Gadhafi

San Salvador, El Salvador (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday expressed hope that Libya's opposition movement, given new protection by a U.S.-led military mission, can organize itself to revive broad enthusiasm for political change and oust Moammar Gadhafi from power.

In a 13-minute interview with CNN's Spanish-language network, Obama said the immediate goal of the U.N.-sanctioned military mission that began Saturday was to prevent an onslaught of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi by Gadhafi's military.

"Because the international community rallied, his troops have now pulled back from Benghazi," Obama said.

Now the United States and its coalition partners, including NATO allies and Arab states, are establishing a no-fly zone over Libya, with U.S. forces taking out Gadhafi's air defense systems, Obama said.

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[msongs]

1. how nice. I hope we can put an end to the republican destruction of our states. Look! Gadaffi! nt

[ProSense]

3. Yeah,

Chris Christie is really screwing up NJ. Can't blame that on President Obama.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Contras, Mujahideen,.....

Can you say "Obama's Proxy War"?

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4. Contras?

WTF?

:rofl:

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Stupid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras

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8. Idiotic

The Oliver North File

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. This is no surprise, It's Obama's half ass version of the Reagan Doctrine

And you are all about it. Good for you.

[ProSense]

13. It's no such thing

Ludicrous.

[The_Casual_Observer]

14. It's exactly what it is.

You just can't see/comprehend it. Obama is god, right?

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15. "Obama is god, right?"

What a great point: I disagree with you means Obama is "god"!

[tblue]

6. Who doesn't?

Hope his hopes come true.

[thereismore]

7. Where have I seen this film before? Oh yeah, but the actors were George HW Bush and Saddam Hussein.

[bigwillq]

9. Same script, different cast (nt)

[nosmokes]

10. Not if we keep killing them "rescuing" our downed pilots from them.

Instances like that are just one reason we have no business there in the first damn place.

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11. That story

hasn't been confirmed. In fact, it's rather bizarre, ranging from they were throwing a party for the soldiers to claiming that they weren't "resentful."

A reporter for Britain's Channel 4 said six villagers were shot and injured as a US helicopter attempted to rescue the crew. She said one man expected his young son to lose a leg due to a bullet wound but that the locals did not appear resentful over the shootings. A spokeswoman for US Africa Command said it was "trying to ascertain the facts"

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Mrs Clinton's interview followed an incident during which US troops reportedly opened fire on villagers in an operation to rescue two jet fighter crew members after their plane crashed in eastern Libya. This was flatly denied by the US.

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But a US spokesman "100 per cent" denied any civilians were injured by US weapons fire in the rescue operation.

Reporter Lindsey Hilsum, at the crash, said the US helicopter came in and opened fire on Monday night, local time, as villagers were handing over one of the downed pilots to local rebel forces.

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In Benghazi, Hilsum interviewed one of the injured villagers, who was in a hospital bed. Local people had reportedly been giving a "party" for the crew when they were fired on.

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