As Gadhafi continues to use violence against his own people, the U.N. meets to discuss how to respond. Libya’s own deputy U.N. ambassador has said, “what’s going on in Libya is a real genocide against the Libyan people. Gadhafi is shooting his own people.” David Kirkpatrick, reporter for The New York Times says that the eastern side of the country has fallen to anti-Gadhafi groups. But at the same time, there are reports of continued violence against anti-government forces and protesters.
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