WASHINGTON — As Western powers and Arab allies prepared to meet today for an emergency summit on Libya, President Barack Obama pledged to support a U.N.-backed military campaign against Moammar Gadhafi but said that he wouldn’t send troops to Libyan soil or take over the operation. Obama’s comments, a day after the U.N. Security Council authorized Great Britain and France to launch airstrikes to protect civilians and enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, signaled a circumscribed U.S. role in the troubled North African nation and came after a meeting with members of Congress, some of whom have voiced reservations about U.S. involvement. In Libya, Gadhafi announced a cease-fire, but there were…
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