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| US seeks to unify allies as more airstrikes rock Tripoli
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 23-March-2011
4:14:10 AM |
| President Obama worked on Tuesday to bridge differences among allies about how to manage the military campaign in Libya, as airstrikes continued to rock Tripoli and forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi showed no sign of ending their sieges of rebel-held cities.
On a day when two United States airmen bailed out over Libya and were rescued after the crash of their fighter jet, Mr. Obama and the leaders of Britain and France stepped up efforts to work out an accord on who would be in charge of military operations once the initial onslaught on Libya's air defense systems was complete.
Mr. Obama reiterated that the United States would step back from the leading role within days, but he also said it was confronting the complexities of running the military campaign with a multilateral force cobbled together quickly and without a clear understanding among its members about their roles.
The president expressed confidence that the coalition would resolve disagreements over the role of NATO, which had flared in recent days over France's insistence that the alliance not play a leading role in the operation. NATO now seems likely to provide "command and control" functions, but with a separate authority running the operation, which includes Arab and other non-NATO countries.
"I would expect that over the next several days you will have clarity and a meeting of the minds of all those who are participating in the process," Mr. Obama said in a news conference in El Salvador, where he was nearing the end of a Latin American trip that has been eclipsed by the military strikes on forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.
Even as the Western allies tried to settle management issues, they were still struggling to corral Arab backing for the campaign. Mr. Obama telephoned the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, on Tuesday to nail down his support. So far, Qatar is the only Arab state to offer fighter jets to help enforce a no-fly zone,
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