NATO Pressing Spain, Poland to Do More in Libya Operation
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and NATO leaders are pressing alliance members including Spain and Poland to step up or join an extended operation in Libya, officials said.
The two countries are among those with assets such as jet fighters that may help ease the burden on nations that have been attacking Muammar Qaddafi’s forces as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization mission for 10 weeks, a Western official said on condition of anonymity in order to discuss closed-door proceedings at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels today.