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Coming one day ahead of President Barack Obama's speech on Monday to address U.S. involvement in Libya, the NATO decision frees up the U.S. to play a more subordinate Buy nike running shoes onlinrole in the operations. The decision extends NATO's responsibilities to cover the protection of civilians beyond its existing task of enforcing a no-fly zone and an arms embargo. But it doesn't change the nature of the military mission in Libya.

The hope for the West is that a Buy nike running shoes onlincontinuation of military pressure on Col. Gadhafi's forces, even at somewhat lower levels in coming days, combined with continued forward movement by the rebels, will be enough to make the Libyan army either buckle or turn on the Libyan leader. That would produce the outcome the West hopes for—the removal of Col. Gadhafi—but one that isn't the explicit goal of the military operation.

In Tripoli, massive explosions rocked the city starting about 9:15 p.m. local time as fighter jets were heard over the city, suggesting that air strikes had resumed on targets in the capital after a lull since Friday. Libyan state television said both Tripoli and theBuy nike running shoes onlin city of Sirte, about 285 miles to the east, were being hit by a "Crusader imperialist bombardment."

Meanwhile, rebels coming from the eastern gateway city Ajdabiya, which they recaptured on Saturday, took control of the strategic oil towns of Brega and Ras Lanuf on Sunday, according to the Associated Press.