The Afternoon Scoop - Obama's Mistake in Libya

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MARCH 8, 2011

Obama's Mistake in Libya Gaddafi loyalists are using air strikes, tanks, and cannon against rebels. The Daily Beast's Christopher Dickey on the West's cowardly response—and why a no-fly zone is a must. Read it at The Daily Beast Libyan Rebels Deny Deal With Gaddafi Members of the Libyan opposition have denied reports that they were negotiating a deal for Muammar Gaddafi to leave the country. Members of the new Libyan National Transitional Council have said there are no such talks, while a spokesman said the council had not agreed to not pursue criminal charges against Gaddafi if he stands down in the next three days. The original report of a deal with Gaddafi came from a member of a different opposition group called the February 17 Coalition. Read it at CNN A Thousand Egyptian Women March Turnout falters and hecklers disrupt in Cairo. Prankster O'Keefe Strikes NPR Tapes outgoing exec bashing GOP, Tea Party, Juan Williams. Used Space Shuttles Go for $29M Museums vie for Discovery, Endeavour, Atlantis. Report: World's Youngest Grandmother Is 23 Romanian Rifca Stanescu. Sign up for The Yes List email, our weekly cultural recommendations. For more of The Daily Beast, become a fan on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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