April 5, 2012

The Slow Unraveling of Libya

Joshua Foust, PBS

AP Photo

Part of the reason so few seem to know about the awful things happening to Libya is because NATO's leadership seems determined to ignore it.

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TAGGED: United Nations, Libya, NATO, UN

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