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Protesters pull down a concrete wall in Baghdad during Iraq's "Day of Rage."

Latest on U.S responses to Mideast crackdowns

Marian Wang - ProPublica

Egyptians, who used to work in Libya, and fled the unrest in the country, wait for their breakfast in a makeshift refugee camp set up by the Tunisian army, at the Tunisia-Libyan border, in Ras Ajdir, Tunisia, Friday, Feb. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) (AP)

Bassem Mroue, Paul Schemm

Bassem Mroue, Paul Schemm

A protester holds a placard portraying Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi as a pitbull dog held on a chain by a youth, with writing in arabic reading "Dog for sale" and on arm of youth "Youth of Free Libya", in Benghazi, Libya Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clamped down in Tripoli Wednesday, but cracks in his regime spread elsewhere across the nation, as the protest-fueled rebellion controlling much of eastern Libya claimed new gains closer to the capital. (AP Photo/Alaguri) (AP)

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A sign advertises gas and diesel prices, plus gives an explanation to customers, at a service station in Easthampton, Mass, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Oil prices rose past $99 a barrel on Wednesday as forces loyal to Libya's Moammar Gadhafi clashed with protesters expanding their control over parts of the country. (AP Photo/ Shana Sureck) (Shana Sureck)

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, speaks with Gen. David Petraeus NATO's top commander in Afghanistan during a press event in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden was in Afghanistan Monday for a surprise visit aimed at assessing progress in handing over security from foreign to Afghan forces, a key issue that comes against a backdrop of mounting concerns in the U.S. over the gains made in the nearly decade-long war. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) (AP)

Gadhafi according to pop culture

Adam Clark Estes

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gestures with a green cane as he takes his seat behind bulletproof glass for a military parade in Green Square, Tripoli, Libya. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. Moammar Gadhafi's son vowed that his father and security forces would fight "until the last bullet." (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, FIle) (AP)

Libya's Gadhafi vows to fight on, die a martyr

Sarah El Deeb, Maggie Michael

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Gadhafi bizarre and brief television appearance

Adam Clark Estes

Men carry a coffin at Al-Jalaa hospital in Benghazi, Libya on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Libyan protesters celebrated in the streets of Benghazi on Monday, claiming control of the country's second largest city after bloody fighting, and anti-government unrest spread to the capital with clashes in Tripoli's main square for the first time. (AP Photo/Alaguri) (AP)

Bodies of protesters litter the streets of Libya

This photograph, obtained by The Associated Press outside Libya and taken by an individual not employed by AP, shows people atop a building holding a banner and a flag during recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. The graffiti in Arabic reads "No to the East, no to the West". (AP Photo) EDITOR'S NOTE: THE AP HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE EXACT CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. (AP)

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Demonstrators gather near the White House in Washington in a show of solidarity with the Libyan protestors on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired on mourners leaving a funeral for protesters Saturday in the eastern city of Benghazi, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores more as the regime tried to squelch calls for an end to the ruler's 42-year grip on power. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

Edith M. Lederer

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This photograph, obtained by The Associated Press outside Libya and taken by an individual not employed by AP, shows people chanting and holding signs during recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. Placards in Arabic read at top left "Strike, strike until the fall of the regime", and at top right "The people want to topple the regime". (AP Photo) EDITOR'S NOTE: THE AP HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE EXACT CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. (AP)

Foreigners evacuate Libya as violence escalates

Frances D'emilio

This photograph, obtained by The Associated Press outside Libya and taken by an individual not employed by AP, shows people gathering during recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo) EDITOR'S NOTE: THE AP HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE EXACT CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. (AP)

Aircraft fire on protesters, Gadhafi flees Tripoli

Adam Clark Estes

Hamza Hendawi, Maggie Michael

This photograph, obtained by The Associated Press outside Libya and taken by an individual not employed by AP, shows people chanting and holding signs during recent days' unrest in Benghazi, Libya. Placards in Arabic read at top left "Strike, strike until the fall of the regime", and at top right "The people want to topple the regime". (AP Photo) EDITOR'S NOTE: THE AP HAS NO WAY OF INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING THE EXACT CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. (AP)

Hundreds killed during Libyan protests Sunday

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Protesters burn photos of Libyan leader Moammar Ghaddafi during a demonstration to support the Libyan people, on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi) (AP)

Pro-Gadhafi supporters gather in Green Square after traditional Friday prayers in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Protesters battled with security forces for control of neighborhoods Friday in eastern Libya where dozens have reportedly been killed in two days of clashes, as a leadership congress controlled by Moammar Gadhafi pledged a change in government adminstrators, trying to ease demonstrations demanding the longtime leader's ouster. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid al-Fergany) (AP)

Libya snapshot: 3 days of protests and violence

Peter Finocchiaro, Teresa Cotsirilos

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 file photo, Libyan military parade at a celebration attended by Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi in Green Square, Tripoli, Libya. Libyan special forces stormed a two-day-old protest encampment in the country's second largest city of Benghazi, clearing the area early Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, said witnesses, as a human rights group estimate scores of people have died in the harsh crackdown on days of demonstrations. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) (AP)

Adam Clark Estes

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The U.N. Security Council condemned Israeli settlements in Palestine like these before the U.S. vetoed the resolution.

U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution on Israeli settlements

Associated Press

FILE.- This Friday, March 2, 2007 file photo shows Libya's Moammar Gadhafi in Sabha, Libya Friday, March 2, 2007. Hundreds of Libyans calling for the government's ouster took to the streets early Wednesday in the country's second-largest city as Egypt-inspired unrest spread to the country long ruled by Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Teresa Cotsirilos

Friends and relatives chant anti-government slogans during the funeral of Mahmoud Maki Abu Taki, 22, who died during clashes between Bahraini anti-government protesters and riot police on Thursday, in Sitra village, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) (AP)

Hadeel Al-shalchi

In this image from video riot police firing tear gas and wielding clubs storm Pearl Square occupied by anti-government protesters before dawn Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Tony Mitchell, HO) (AP)

Bahrain's "regrettable" but necessary violence

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