Libya ops to cease Oct. 31

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NATO decided Friday night to cease its military operations in Libya on Oct. 31, the alliance announced.

"After a good discussion with the 27 other NATO allies and the five partners who are part of the Operation Unified Protector, we agreed today that the operation is coming to a close and we took the preliminary decision to end the operation on Oct. 31. That's exactly seven months after the operation started," U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder told reporters on a conference call. "The council will meet next week for a formal decision."

Oct. 31 marks exactly seven months from when NATO took over in Libya -- the U.S. ran the operation for the first 12 days or so after it launched on March 19.

In the wake of Libyan strongman Muammar Qadhafi’s death on Thursday, NATO has concluded that there is no further need for its military operations aimed at maintaining a no-fly zone and striking Qadhafi forces who threatened civilians.

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