NATO Chief Rasmussen Says ‘End Is in Sight’ for Libya Operation
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NATO is near to concluding its mission in Libya as transition forces stamp out the remaining resistance of Muammar Qaddafi, alliance Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
“It’s clear that the end is in sight,” Rasmussen told reporters today after a meeting of defense ministers of the 28-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels. Loyalist forces in Libya “are fighting for a lost cause. The threat to civilians is fading away. The recent positive developments in Libya are irreversible,” he said.