Quotes of the Day

Shrapnels fly through the air as a tank shell explodes near Libyan rebel fighters at the north-central key Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf on March 10, 2011
Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011

Open quote[NATO] must play its role today, which means preventing Gaddafi from using heavy weapons to shell [civilian] populations.Close quote

  • ALAIN JUPPE,
  • French Foreign Minister, criticizing NATO for not doing enough to protect civilians in Libya, a day after an African Union plan to halt the war collapsed
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