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Intel: White House sympathizes with France in Libya row with Turkey

White House National Security adviser Robert O’Brien on Wednesday expressed sympathy for France’s account of events in a Mediterranean naval standoff with Turkey last month over a Libyan arms smuggling allegation.
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White House National Security adviser Robert O’Brien on Wednesday expressed sympathy for France’s account of events in a Mediterranean naval standoff with Turkey last month over a Libyan arm smuggling allegation.

“NATO allies shouldn’t be turning fire control radars on each other. That’s not good,” O’Brien told reporters in France. “We are very sympathetic to French concerns.”

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