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A Libyan rebel is wrapped in the rebel flag as he celebrates on the front line outside Bin Jawaad, Libya, on Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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A Libyan rebel is obscured by a rebel flag as he travels on the road between Al-Egila and Ras Lanuf in eastern Libya on Sunday, March 27, 2011. The rebels claim they have entered Ras Lanuf.

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Libyan men fight a fire in the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that a week ago appeared on the verge of defeat. (AP Photo)

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Libyan men fight a fire in the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Libyan rebels regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya on Saturday after international airstrikes crippled Moammar Gadhafi's forces, in the first major turnaround for an uprising that a week ago appeared on the verge of defeat. (AP Photo)

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In this image taken from a bus heading to an organized trip by the Libyan authorities, smoke rises from a Libyan military base on the outskirt of Tajura, 30 kms (20 miles) east of Tripoli, Libya, on Friday, March 25, 2011. NATO agreed to take over command of the newly established no-fly zone over Libya, but the alliance's new role doesn't allow the U.S. to make a quick exit from the costly military operation as the Obama administration had wanted. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay

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Men who used to work in Libya and fled the unrest in the country, wait for buses in order to be repatriated, in a refugee camp at Ras Ajdir, near Tunisia-Libya border, Tunisia, Friday, March 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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Libyan rebels take a rest at a checkpoint at the front line near Zwitina on the outskirts of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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French air force pilots exit from a Rafale jet fighter at Solenzara 126 Air Base on Corsica island in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday after coming back from a mission to Libya. NATO announced an agreement to take over the command of the U.S.-led air war over Libya, which saved the ragtag resistance that was nearly defeated last week.

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French air force pilots exit from a Rafale jet fighter at Solenzara 126 Air Base on Corsica island in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday after coming back from a mission to Libya. NATO announced an agreement to take over the command of the U.S.-led air war over Libya, which saved the ragtag resistance that was nearly defeated last week. (Associated Press)

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Libyan rebels take a rest at a checkpoint at the front line near Zwitina on the outskirts of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Two MV-22 Osprey vertical-takeoff-and-lift aircraft land, one carrying U.S. Army Gen. Carter Ham, commander of the U.S. military mission in Libya, at the Sigonella air base on the Italian island of Sicily on Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Libyan rebels run to take cover as mortars from Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces are fired on the front line near Zwitina on the outskirts of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya on Wednesday. Coalition attack planes have started to strike Col. Gadhafi's forces in and around the rebel-held towns of Ajdabiya and Misurata. (Associated Press)

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Col. Moammar Gadhafi speaks to a large crowd in Bab El Azizia, Libya, in this image taken from Libyan state TV and broadcast on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Libyan state TV)

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A woman walks through a deserted hallway of the U.S. Capitol on Monday. Despite the fact that the United States began attacking Libya a few days ago, lawmakers have been away for 10 days. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A Libyan rebel prays next to his gun on the front line on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya, on Monday. A former Libyan Foreign Ministry official said coalition forces need to take urgent action to protect the population in Ajdabiya. (Associated Press)

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THIS WAY TO THE FRONT: Libyan rebels observe the front line on the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, in eastern Libya on Monday. The international military intervention in Libya is likely to last awhile, a top French official said. (Associated Press)

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President Obama said Monday at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile, that it will be a matter of "days" before the U.S. turns over leadership of the air attacks on Libya to others. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney, staff director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gives an operational update on Libya at the Pentagon outside Washington on Sunday, March 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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REVOLUTION: Libyan rebels celebrate with a pot of beans left behind by Moammar Gadhafi's forces when they retreated on the outskirts of Benghazi in eastern Libya on Sunday. The U.S. military said 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from American and British ships and submarines at more than 20 coastal targets to clear the way for air patrols to ground Libya's air force. (Associated Press)

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Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, may be for the Libya war before he is against it. (Associated Press)