Trick or Treat, Moammar Goblinafi!

By Mark Thompson | @MarkThompson_DC | October 24, 2011 | +

Gaddafi graffiti on a Benghazi wall / Getty Images

story from street graffiti that the Libyan/majidsaeedi

Somehow seems appropriate that NATO’s mission in Libya is now slated to end October 31, a week from Monday. That would be Halloween (want to scare your neighbors? Get your Gaddafi mask here). “We have taken a preliminary decision to end Operation Unified Protector on Oct. 31, and we will take a formal decision in the next few days,” Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Sunday. “As we wind down the operation, together with our partners, we will monitor the situation and retain the capacity to respond to threats to civilians, if needed.” One monster vanquished….is he the last of his line?

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