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NATO may announce end of Libya mission on Friday

by Reuters
Friday, 21 October 2011 14:18 GMT

BRUSSELS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - NATO'S top operations commander, Admiral James Stavridis, said he would be recommending the conclusion of NATO's Libya mission to a meeting of alliance ambassadors on Friday.

"I will be recommending conclusion of this mission to the North Atlantic Council of NATO," Stavridis said in a posting on his Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/${esc.hash}!/james.stavridis

"A good day for NATO. A great day for the people of Libya," he wrote.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, on the run for more than two months, was tracked down and killed in his hometown Sirte by opposition fighters on Thursday. (Reporting by David Brunnstrom; editing by Luke Baker)

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