Libya Responds to UN Vote on No-Fly Zone
Correspondent for The New York Times, David Kirkpatrick reports from Tripoli on how the Libyan government is responding to news that the UN has voted to enforce a no-fly zone above Libya. At first, the government is saying that Tripoli will become like Iraq, and that the West wants to take control of the country’s oil. However, Libyan’s government has announced that it will abide by a cease fire following the UN vote to enforce a no-fly zone.
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