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Thu 03 Mar 2011Libyan leader warns of more violence if no-fly zone imposed
FIGHTING BETWEEN Libyan government forces and rebels seeking to end the 42-year reign of Col Muammer Gadafy intensified yesterday as the Libyan leader warned against the imposition of a no-fly zone.
A defiant Col Gadafy said there would be further violence if the international community imposed a no-fly zone in Libya as the rebels have demanded. He argued that such a move would prove that the rebellion was the result of a foreign plot to seize control of Libya’s oil.
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