LIBYA UPDATE: March 17, 2011

1.) Qaddafi's forces have made a miraculous comeback, pushing rebels hundreds of miles eastward, and retaking much of the country. According to various reports and Twitter posts, the Qaddafi army has surrounded the last rebel stronghold, Benghazi, and is preparing what might be likened to a blitzkrieg.

2.) Today the United States has asked for United Nations Security Council authorization (as if the U.S. really needs the UN's "permission") to bomb ground and aerial targets in Libya in order to halt Qaddafi's advance.

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