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    Libyans Reject UN Peacekeepers

    Libya's National Transitional Council asked for international help in unseating Moammar Gadhafi, and that probably happened because of the US and other NATO countries. Now the United Nations has proposed an international force on the ground in the country, but the NTC has flatly refused.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Libya's National Transitional Council asked for international help in unseating Moammar Gadhafi, and that probably happened because of the US and other NATO countries. Now the United Nations has proposed an international force on the ground in the country, but the NTC has flatly refused. Vivienne Walt is a veteran reporter on Libya, now at Time magazine in Paris.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      KCRW

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Vivienne Walt

      Time magazine

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Alabama, Illegal Immigration and the Presidential Campaign
    1. 0:00Libyans Reject UN PeacekeepersYou’re reading this
    2. 7:35Alabama, Illegal Immigration and the Presidential Campaign
    3. 48:28History According to Cheney in His New Memoir
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