Monday, 28. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 28, 2011 at 7:11:00 PM CEST
Tiny Qatar flexes muscles in no-fly Libya campaign
In Libya's skies, Qatar is punching above its weight.
From an air base in Crete, the tiny Persian Gulf nation has started its biggest, farthest combat deployment — including a third of its fighter-jet fleet — and given the first Arab face to the Western-led coalition hoping to protect Libyan civilians from Moammar Gadhafi's firepower.
For the oil- and gas-rich country that brought the world Al-Jazeera TV and recently won the right to host the 2022 World Cup, the effort marks Qatar's latest push onto the world stage.
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