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for the record, the arab league spokesman said earlier this afternoon that the criticisms of the implementation of the no-fly zone centered on reports of civilian casualties. they are not backing away from supporting the action itself.
at the same time, most of the states in the arab league are in a curious position, supporting an action in support of rebels in libya---albeit on officially humanitarian grounds--who are carrying out the kind of revolt that most of the countries are either actively trying to suppress/avoid or are hoping to...so it makes sense, even if for that reason alone, that the organization would be particularly focused on the humanitarian grounds and violations of that logic.
russia on the other hand---which abstained in the security council vote---is echoing gadhafi's "crusader" logic. but putin has his own anxieties about seeing similar things in the central asian countries and---maybe---within russia itself.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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