Antiwar.com’s Week in Review | September 16, 2011
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- Mission unaccomplished in Libya
- Ongoing violence, poor performance in Afghanistan
- Iraqi torture uncovered
- The impending U.S. veto of a Palestinian state
- Assorted news from the empire
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Still fighting, weary of occupation
Rebel and NATO forces continued their push for control of Libya this week, closing in on the remaining bastions of Gadhafi support. Rebel forces descended on the cities of Sirte, Bani Walid, and Sabha aided by NATO warplanes performing reconnaissance and bombings, while Libyan civilians fled the attacked areas, which were already suffering humanitarian crises. At the blog, John Glaser reported that the rebels issued a deadline to Libyan civilians to evacuate Bani Walid or else get caught up in indiscriminate attacks against loyalist fighters. A similar warning from Gadhafi to the residents of Benghazi was what prompted the NATO intervention.
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