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Intervention in Libya

As the airstrikes hit, Libyan residents are fleeing their homes with just the clothes on their backs—and some of them are upset over the West's late actions. Babak Dehghanpisheh reports.

Published Mar. 19 2011 3:01PM EDT

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war-6_ivwycn — Patrick Baz, AFP / Getty Images,PATRICK BAZ

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war-6_a6xveh — Smoke billows after a Libyan jet bomber crashed after being shut down in Benghazi on March 19, 2011.
Patrick Baz, AFP / Getty Images

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war-7_pfka8z — Trajectories of gunfire in the sky over Tripoli in the early hours or March 20, 2011.
Yang Guang, Xinhua / Landov

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war---2_mseyys — A warplane was shot down over the outskirts of Benghazi, in eastern Libya, on Saturday, March 19, 2011. It is not known if the plane belonged to the government or the rebels.
Anja Niedringhau / AP Photo

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war---4_irj8m7 — A supporter of Libyan rebels shoots an AK-47 rifle as she reacts to the news of the withdrawal of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces from Benghazi on Saturday.
Goran Tomasevic, Reuters / Landov

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war---1_nlrrio — A Libyan rebel jumps on top of a still burning car after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces where pushed back from Benghazi on Saturday.
Anja Niedringhau / AP Photo

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war---0_tehvhz — Libyan rebels celebrate on a captured government tank in the outskirts of Benghazi.
Anja Niedringhau / AP Photo

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war---5_sjflis — An injured rebel fighter sits in a car in Benghazi on Saturday.
Goran Tomasevic, Reuters / Landov

galleries/2011/03/19/intervention-in-libya/libya-war---3_wzbec6 — Heads of state pose for a group photo during the Summit for the Support of the Libyan People at the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Ian Langsdon, Press Association / AP Photo

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