Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 11:24:00 PM CET
BBC quote AFP quote French - "United Arab Emirates has pledged 24 aircraft to the coalition and Qatar between four and six"
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 10:46:00 PM CET
Ghadaffi 3 minute phone call on lybian state television
This attack will launch a second Crusade, the Libyan people will counter it, we ask the Africans, South Americans to stand by us.
We must now open the weapons depots & arm all Libyans
Gaddafi threatens to attack civilian and military targets in the Mediterranean
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 10:29:00 PM CET
FACTBOX - "Operation Odyssey Dawn" Military assets in play in Libya crisis
Allied warplanes in a coalition led by France and backed by Arab nations have gone into action to stop Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces attacking the rebel-held city of Benghazi [ID:nLDE72H00K].
U.S. and British ships and submarines fired more than 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Libyan targets to take out their air defences, although no U.S. aircraft were flying over Libya.
Following are assets that are being used, or could be used, in action against Muammar Gaddafi's troops and those belonging to his military:
reuters.com Guardian: Interactive map of Libya region and UN/NATO forces Infographic
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 10:06:00 PM CET
10:46pm AFP reports that Libyan state television reports that a French aircraft has been shot down over Libya.
There is no independent confirmation of this claim yet.
11:14pm - Libyan state media reports that air strikes have taken place in Zuwara, Tripoli, Misurata, Sirte and Benghazi. Libya GMT+2
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 10:00:00 PM CET
U.S. Attacks Libya in "Operation Odyssey Dawn" with Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
The United States joined in a coalition attack against Libya’s air defense system Saturday using Tomahawk cruise missiles and aerial jamming, according to the Pentagon.
White House officials and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said ground troops won’t be sent by the U.S., and the Pentagon reiterated that during a Saturday briefing.
knightnews.com U.S., Coalition Attack Libya Air-Defense Systems With ‘Operation Odyssey’ pbs.org defense.gov
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 8:51:00 PM CET
CNN is saying Obama may have time to stop and give a press conference from Rio. & Pentagon briefing
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 5:31:00 PM CET
Französische Kampfjets über Bengasi
Der internationale Militärschlag gegen Libyens Machthaber Al-Gaddafi hat begonnen. Laut dem französischen Präsidenten Sarkozy stehen französische Luftstreitkräfte bereits den Rebellen in der belagerten Stadt Bengasi bei. Zu Kampfhandlungen kam es vorerst jedoch offenbar nicht. An der Entschlossenheit der Allianz gegen Al-Gaddafi besteht jedoch kein Zweifel mehr: Auch britische und kanadische Kampfjets sollen bereits im libyschen Luftraum aktiv sein. Al-Gaddafis Regime zeigte sich davon unbeeindruckt und verstärkte sogar die Angriffe auf Rebellenstützpunkte. Noch am Samstag sollen erste Angriffe der alliierten Luftstreitkräfte auf Al-Gaddafis Stellungen erfolgen.
20.15 Uhr: Die US-Navy stationiert drei U-Boote im Mittelmeer, gibt ein Mitarbeiter des Verteidigungsministerium bekannt. Die U-Boote seien ausgestattet mit Tomahawk-Raketen orf.at
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 3:07:00 PM CET
Muhammad Nabbous the founder of Libya Al hurra TV in Benghazi, has been shot and Martyred, our thoughts with his wife and family
Muhammad Nabbous was an inspiration to all, from the very beginning he has been providing us all with the latest, armed only with a camera
To Mo's brave wife Perditta
and all of his family - I pray you find peace.
Mo's wife: "He died for this cause & let's hope that Libya will become free."
Mo's wife Breaking the heartbreaking news
<a href="www.facebook.com"
target="_blank">In Memory of Mohammed Nabbous
Benghazi TV Reporter Mohammed Nabbous shot dead by Gaddafi forces aljazeera.net
update allvoices.com louisabelman.com thestar.com guardian.co.uk Libye: Mohammed Nabbous est mort
BBC liveblog: 10:29 Prayers are to take place in Misrata and Tobruk in memory of Mohammed Nabbous, a well-known activist who was killed in Benghazi on Saturday as he filmed the pro-Gaddafi attacks on the city. Mr Nabbous was the founder of Libya Free TV and was due to become a father.
In Memory
Hilarious conversation bewteen Ben Wedeman & Mohamad Nabbous about Gaddafi and Nescafe & Hallucinogenic drugs.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 11:11:00 AM CET
Gaddafi spokesman reads out letter to president Obama: To Baracka Hussein Obama... I have all the Libyan people supporting me and they are prepared to die for me... I am facing al Qaeda here - what would you do?
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 10:40:00 AM CET
Gaddafi forces 'try to storm Benghazi'
Reports from Libya say pro-government forces have entered the western outskirts of the opposition stronghold of Benghazi, with the city coming under attack also from the coast and the south.
Witnesses in Bengazi, in the east of the country, said they heard large explosions early on Saturday. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting from the city, told of multiple explosions taking place and a fighter jet getting shot down.
Government troops reportedly bombed the southern Benghazi suburb of Goreshi among other places.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 10:36:00 AM CET
Abdul Jalil also tells us that Benghazi hospitals are now being flooded with victims.
He says that the pro-democracy fighters do not have enough weapons and numbers to confront Gaddafi: "We only have light arms - Gaddafi seems to have new and powerful weapons."
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 19, 2011 at 10:30:00 AM CET
The Myth of the Useful Dictator
In a recent column mocking the argument for a military intervention in Libya, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd cited John Quincy Adams's famous dictum that the United States "goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy." Foreign-policy realists count Adams as their founding father; like him, they view American meddling in the internal struggles of faraway places as a species of national folly.
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