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Outgoing US defence secretary slams NATO: Robert Gates says Europe's NATO members must bear more of the burden in operations or alliance faces "irrelevance".
New York [RR] LIBYA–Confusion has risen over who should lead NATO-international alliance over Libya command. Apparently whoever leads NATO-forces controls the sweet-Oil resources in Libya; Libya has the largest found oil reserve in the entire African Continent. RepublicReport New York gathered that US will handover Allied-Command to another NATO member like France or Britain, but right now there are emerging frictions over who leads NATO-Command in “days not weeks” as Obama administration has opined publicly at press conference.
Norway To Quit Libya Operation By August 1: Norway says it will scale down its fighter jet contribution in Libya from six to four planes and withdraw completely from the NATO-led operation by Aug. 1.
Pentagon Sees Libya Military Costs Soar: U.S. military operations in Libya are expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than the initial $750 million outgoing defense secretary Robert Gates estimated last month, the Financial Times reported on its website Thursday, citing figures it obtained.
New York [RR] LIBYA–Confusion has risen over who should lead NATO-international alliance over Libya command. Apparently whoever leads NATO-forces controls the sweet-Oil resources in Libya; Libya has the largest found oil reserve in the entire African Continent. RepublicReport New York gathered that US will handover Allied-Command to another NATO member like France or Britain, but right now there are emerging frictions over who leads NATO-Command in “days not weeks” as Obama administration has opined publicly at press conference.