Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 5:10:00 PM CET
Turkish parliament approves government decision to participate in NATO naval operation off Libya
The Turkish Parliament approved the government's decision to support a NATO operation off Libya's coast to enforce the UN arms embargo. Turkey is four war ships to send a submarine and a support ship
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 4:59:00 PM CET
NATO vows to enforce Libya embargo "robustly"
NATO will enforce the arms and mercenaries blockade on Libya "robustly," with force if needed, and hopes more nations will join those who have committed ships, planes and submarines, the operation head said on Thursday.
"We will ensure the free flow of legitimate shipping which the people of Libya need," Vice Admiral Rinaldo Veri, head of Operation Unified Protector, told a news conference at NATO's Southern Europe headquarters in Naples.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 4:53:00 PM CET
West strikes deep in Libya, Misrata still besieged
Western warplanes hit military targets deep inside Libya on Thursday but failed to prevent tanks reentering the western town of Misrata overnight and besieging its main hospital.
Air strikes destroyed government tanks on the outskirts of rebel-held Misrata, but other tanks inside the city were not hit, a resident said, underling the difficulty of the U.N. backed military mission to protect Libyans from Muammar Gaddafi.
Mar 23, 2011 Misrata Children hospital
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Topic: NATURE - on March 24, 2011 at 4:42:00 PM CET
Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 hits Thailand, 69 miles north of Chiang Rai
North-east Burma has been rocked by two 7.0 magnitude earthquakes, close to the borders with Laos and Thailand, the US Geological Survey has reported.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 4:35:00 PM CET
We only need support in hardware, but we as Libyan will liberate Libya on our own
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 4:25:00 PM CET
Aid organisations struggle to bring help to Libya
* Aid agencies denied access to worst-affected areas
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Besieged cities forced to smuggle in medical supplies
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Western coalition under pressure to relieve aid crisis
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 3:18:00 PM CET
French Jets 'Shoot Down' Libyan Warplane - DoD now confirnes that a French mil aircraft has shot down a Libyan mil aircraft violating the NFZ last night near Musratha.
The Soko G-2 Galeb plane was believed to the first Libyan jet sent into the skies over the country since the coalition began its bombing campaign.
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Topic: EU - on March 24, 2011 at 1:01:00 PM CET
Streit um Ermittlungen gegen Strasser
Ex- Geldgeber Strassers als Bewacher?
Laut Ehrenhauser sollen dies Mitarbeiter der auch in Österreich tätigen Firma "G4S Security" sein, die das EU- Parlamentspräsidium mit der Versiegelung und Bewachung der Räume beauftragt hat. Mit G4S besteht ein 120 Millionen Euro schwerer Rahmenvertrag über die Gebäudebewachung in Brüssel, der aber laut Ehrenhauser vor der Auflösung steht. Strasser saß jedenfalls beim Österreich- Ableger von G4S bis Montag im Aufsichtsrat.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 12:02:00 PM CET
Operation Odyssey Dawn explained (Day 5)
The news of Day 5 is that the Libyan Arab Republic Air Force “no longer exists as a fighting force”, a statement that impressed both media and public opinion and that was frantically retweeted on Twitter from around 16.00GMT (I’m still getting the “breaking news” around 23.50GMT). Actually, we already knew that Libyans had a largely obsolete fleet flown by scarcely trained crews and that they were equipped with a variety of old Soviet surface-to-air weaponry meaning that I didn’t expect LARAF to be as effective as it could be in the ’70s or ’80s to pose a real threat to the coalition planes. So, when I read the words the commander of Royal Air Force Operation Bellamy had said in Gioia del Colle during a visit to the RAF detachment, I didn’t find them particularly interesting. What I really found noteworthy were his next words (widely underrated and omitted): “….his integrated air defense system and command and control networks are severely degraded to the point that we can operate with near impunity across Libya”.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 12:00:00 PM CET
Nato command disagreement as French minister says Libya operation not long-term
Britain and France will display a united front in their offensive against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime when EU leaders meet later today.
However, their latest summit in Brussels comes after three fraught days of talks at Nato headquarters, which have failed to resolve deep rifts over operational and political strategy for running the no-fly zone.
Late last night, Nato ambassadors gave up a third attempt to agree who should lead on-going military operations.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 10:45:00 AM CET
NATO have just begun their fourth-straight day of negotiations to determine whether and how NATO can assume command of the military intervention against Gaddafi.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 24, 2011 at 10:12:00 AM CET
No agreement over Nato command: Britain and France will display a united front in their...
Britain and France will display a united front in their offensive against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime when EU leaders meet later today.
However, their latest summit in Brussels comes after three fraught days of talks at Nato headquarters, which have failed to resolve deep rifts over operational and political strategy for running the no-fly zone.
Late last night, Nato ambassadors gave up a third attempt to agree who should lead on-going military operations.
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