BRUSSELS — Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi doesn't need to be captured or killed for NATO forces to end their mission in Libya, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday. Rather, because NATO intervened in Libya to protect civilians, the alliance could end the mission if it determines that the transitional government can fulfill that function, Rasmussen told reporters gathered here for a meeting of NATO defense ministers. “The termination of the operation is not dependent on Col. Gadhafi,” Rasmussen said. “Actually, he is not the target of our operation. The decisive factor will be the protection of the civilian population.” But just whom…
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