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  • Qatari Air Force Mirage 2000 jet fighters prepare to takeoff for a mission to Libya at the military airbase base of Souda on the Greek island of Crete on March 30.
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    Qatar's Libya Role: 'A Logical Next Step'
    Joanna Kakissis
    The tiny but influential Arab nation was the first Arab state to join the allied effort to stop the bloodshed in Libya. A third of its fighter-jet fleet is now on the Souda air base on the Greek island of Crete. The Qataris, working alongside the French, are helping enforce the NATO-led no-fly zone over Libya.