Who's in charge? NATO members squabble : who leads Libyan bombings..and whether to assassinate Gadaf

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Who's in charge? NATO members squabble over who leads Libyan bombings...and they can't even agree whether to assassinate Gaddafi

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368693/Libya-war-NATO-squabbles-leads-bombings-kill-Gaddafi.html#ixzz1HN2fdebH



::more headlines::
*Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated
*French propose a new political 'committee' to oversee operations
*Germany pulls out of coalition over disagreement
*Italians accuse French of backing NATO in exchange for oil contracts
*No-fly zone called into question after first wave of strikes 'neutralises' Libyan military machine
*Italy to 'take back control' of bases used by allies unless NATO leadership put in charge of the mission
*NATO baulks at taking over operation with Turkey and European countries unwilling
*Russians tell U.S. to stop bombing in order to protect civilians - calls bombing a 'crusade'
*A war of words has erupted between the U.S. and Britain after the U.K. government claimed Muammar Gaddafi is a legitimate target for assassination.

*U.K. government officials said killing the Libyan leader would be legal if it prevented civilian deaths as laid out in a U.N. resolution.

*But U.S. defence secretary Robert Gates hit back at the suggestion, saying it would be 'unwise' to target the Libyan leader adding cryptically that the bombing campaign should stick to the 'U.N. mandate'.
*The infighting comes as a heated meeting of NATO ambassadors yesterday failed to resolve whether the 28-nation alliance should run the operation to enforce a U.N.-mandated no-fly zone, diplomats said.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1368693/Libya-war-NATO-squabbles-leads-bombings-kill-Gaddafi.html#ixzz1HN3pbptJ


::LOADED WITH PICS!::
A rebel fighter points his gun at a suspected Gaddafi supporter as other rebels try to protect him.

[DURHAM D]

1. Frankly, Berllusconi is fun to watch.

Glad I am not Italian.

[sad sally]

2. Me, me, no me - scat, I'm in charge - me, me, pick me.

Is this any indication of things to come in this intervention/war?

[pokerfan]

5. Team America: Keystone Cops edition

[Night Crawler]

3. I'm in charge here!!

Even though I died a year ago.

[L. Coyote]

4. Someone forgot what happened last time a government tried to kill Gaddafi?

Violence begets violence.