SLOBODAN LEKIC Associated Press= BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s bombing campaign in Libya, now in its seventh month, will continue despite the collapse of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, alliance officials said Thursday. French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said the airstrikes will not cease until all remaining pockets of resistance are suppressed and the new government asks for them to end. Although the former rebels now control most of Libya, some regions remain under control of pro-Gadhafi forces. These include Sirte on the Mediterranean coast, the city of Bani Walid and parts of the south. “Sirte has an extremely symbolic value, but it’s not all of Libya,” Longuet said as he arrived for the second…
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