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Credit: Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
Rebel fighters take cover during a shelling near Ajdabiyah, Libya on Thursday.
Having largely succeeded in stopping a rout of Libya’s rebels, the inchoate coalition attacking Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces remains divided over the ultimate goal — and exit strategy — of what officials acknowledged Thursday would be a military campaign that could last for weeks.
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