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Barack Obama: The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable. So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters…

On the recordFebruary 22, 2011
The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable. So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people of Libya. These actions violate international norms and every standard of common decency. This violence must stop.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

President Obama condemns the violence in Libya and expresses support for the Libyan people.

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