The former head of the British army, General Lord Richard Dannatt, has warned that Nato's operations in Libya are reminiscent of the campaign in Baghdad in 2003.
He told HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur that there are echoes in Libya of the "very naive hope" that a lightning campaign would bring about a change in power and that all would be well.
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