The capabilities of both the Rafale and the Eurofighter were on display during the Libyan war.

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In retrospect, the Libyan war may have been in several ways a turning point for the alliance.

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Derek Henry Flood, a geopolitical analyst based in New York, said the Tuareg rebellion is a direct result of the Libyan war.

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Obama likely paid so little attention to the Libyan war in his speech because it has not had the political effects it was supposed to have, and it could end up undermining the other political transitions in North Africa that it was supposed to protect.

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Over the weekend, the Libyan leader declared war on Italy.

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Under Tony Blair, the British government was intent on securing Libyan co-operation in the war on terror after the country renounced its programme of weapons of mass destruction in 2003.

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Mr Malloum, too, failed to end the war, and in 1979 he was replaced by a Libyan-backed northerner, Goukouki Oueddei.

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