DOHA, Qatar-Libya’s rebels urged the U.S. military Wednesday to reassert a stronger role in the NATO-led air campaign and Qatar’s crown prince told international envoys it was time to help the uprising tip the scales against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. The appeals reflected the urgent tone for meetings among the U.N. secretary-general and other top Western and Arab envoys as they gathered in Qatar’s capital to discuss ways to end the Libyan crisis. While peace efforts remain the top objective, there also appears to be a shift toward trying to boost the rebels’ firepower to protect their territory from government offensives. One proposal noted by Italy — Libya’s former colonial ruler — calls…
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