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    Opposition Closes In on Libyan Capital

    On a Libyan TV station today, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi blamed bloody violence on "hallucinogenic" drugs given young people by Osama bin Laden. Meantime, with half the country's coastal cities now in the hands of protesters, his mercenary and irregular forces are fighting back.  Correspondent Bob Drogin is in Cairo for the Los Angeles Times .

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

    On a Libyan TV station today, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi blamed bloody violence on "hallucinogenic" drugs given young people by Osama bin Laden. Meantime, with half the country's coastal cities now in the hands of protesters, his mercenary and irregular forces are fighting back. Correspondent Bob Drogin is in Cairo for the Los Angeles Times.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Balancing State Budgets or Union Busting?
    1. 0:00Opposition Closes In on Libyan CapitalYou’re reading this
    2. 7:44Are Republican Governors Union Busting?
    3. 43:02GM's Balance Sheet in the Black
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