Tuesday, 22. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 2:40:00 PM CET
US says rate of attacks on Libya slowing
BUILDING on what US officials called a successful first stage of international military action in Libya, the focus is shifting to widening a no-fly zone across the North African country while continuing smaller-scale attacks on Libyan air defences and setting the stage for a humanitarian relief mission.
Defence Secretary Robert Gates and others said the US military's role will lessen in coming days as other countries take on more missions and the need declines for large-scale offensive action such as the barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles fired on Saturday and Sunday mainly by US ships and submarines off Libya's coast.
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