NATO chief: alliance to send expert team to Libya to assess needs, no troop deployment planned
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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance will send an expert mission to Libya to assess their needs as they face a flow of insurgents from Mali.
Security experts worry that the al-Qaida linked militants — pushed out of Mali after French military intervention — may be trying to establish a safe haven in Libya.
Rasmussen said ahead of Tuesday's opening session of a meeting of NATO defense ministers that NATO will not deploy troops in the north African nation, and any training could take place outside the country.
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The decision comes on the heels of requests from Libyan leaders for help from NATO, the U.S. and other nations.