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Message: [QUOTE="Marauder06, post: 127091, member: 19"] [URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42014852/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/[/URL] [SIZE=20px][FONT=Arial][COLOR=rgb(51, 51, 51)][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=19px]WASHINGTON — [/SIZE]Libyan rebels have lost momentum and are not likely to dislodge Moammar Gadhafi from power, the top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday as Washington backed further away from any military action.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]National Intelligence Director James Clapper's comments at a Senate hearing caught the White House off guard and led one Republican lawmaker to call for his dismissal for "undercutting" U.S. efforts to remove Gadhafi.[/FONT] [FONT=Georgia]President Barack Obama's national security adviser, Tom Donilon, criticized Clapper's analysis as "a static and one-dimensional assessment."[/FONT] [LIST=1][*][LEFT][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=rgb(102, 102, 102)][SIZE=10px]Top stories: Turmoil in the Middle East[/SIZE][/COLOR] [LIST=1][*][FONT=Georgia][URL='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42030547/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/'][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=rgb(17, 68, 119)][SIZE=11px][SIZE=11px]Gadhafi forces show control of key Libyan city[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/URL][/FONT] [*][FONT=Georgia][URL='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42028759/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/'][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=rgb(17, 68, 119)][SIZE=11px][SIZE=11px]Witnesses: Yemen forces open fire on protesters[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/URL][/FONT] [*][FONT=Georgia][URL='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42014852/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/'][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=rgb(17, 68, 119)][SIZE=11px][SIZE=11px]U.S. intel chief says Gadhafi will prevail[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/URL][/FONT] [*][FONT=Georgia][URL='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42012046/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/'][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=rgb(17, 68, 119)][SIZE=11px][SIZE=11px]Police flood Saudi capital, preventing protests[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/URL][/FONT] [*][FONT=Georgia][URL='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41997599/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/'][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=rgb(17, 68, 119)][SIZE=11px][SIZE=11px]Pro-Gadhafi kidnap gangs silence foes[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/URL][/FONT] [*][FONT=Georgia][URL='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41997248/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/'][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=rgb(17, 68, 119)][SIZE=11px][SIZE=11px]Two journalists seized by Gadhafi's forces[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/URL][/FONT] [*][FONT=Georgia][URL='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41391792/ns/world_news-mideast/n_africa/'][FONT=Arial][B][COLOR=rgb(17, 68, 119)][SIZE=11px][SIZE=11px]What you need to know about the unrest in the Mideast[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][/B][/FONT][/URL][/FONT] [/LIST][/FONT][/LEFT] [/LIST] [FONT=Georgia]He said it placed too much emphasis on Gadhafi's military strength and did not take into account other factors, such as the international efforts to isolate him.[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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