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Libya’s Colonial War One Year Later

13:41 16/02/2012 RIA Novosti military commentator Konstantin Bogdanov

The uprising against the regime of Col. Muammar Gaddafi started in Libya one year ago, on February 15, 2011. France and Britain conducted the supporting military operation with great difficulty and much deeper involvement than they had planned, hoping initially for a quick colonial campaign.

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