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March 14, 2011

African Nations Say No to No-Fly Zone

M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times

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At the height of the Egyptian uprising, well-known American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said in an interview with al-Jazeera that the United States had a "Plan B" in the event of Hosni Mubarak stepping down. According to Hersh, it was none other than Amr Moussa - "whether he knows or not". There is

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