Topic: War and Peace News - on March 23, 2011 at 9:34:00 AM CET
US planes 'dropped two bombs' to protect downed pilot
US officials insisted that rescue crews did not fire their weapons when retrieving the pilot, contesting media reports that a squad of Marines came in with "all guns blazing" and wounding several civilians.
The pilot and his weapons officer bailed out of their F-15E Strike Eagle fighter over Benghazi when it became crippled by a mechanical fault during a bombing raid on Monday night.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 23, 2011 at 9:25:00 AM CET
Libya 'to release detained journalists'
Citing a driver who was travelling with them, AFP said the journalists ran into a military convoy about 7 miles outside the eastern city of Ajdabiya on Saturday, and the three were detained.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 23, 2011 at 8:29:00 AM CET
Operation Odyssey Dawn explained (Day 4)
Day 4 of Odyssey Dawn opened with the news of the F-15E Strike Eagle (91-0304/LN 492FS) which crashed in Libya during the night approximately 40 kilometres to the east of Benghazi as reported by Daily Telegraph reporter Rob Crilly and his photographer who were the first international journalists to visit the scene. Both crew members ejected safely: one was recovered by coalition forces while the other was recovered by the rebels. This seems to prove that they ejected at high altitude and did not land next each other.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 5:57:00 PM CET
The Netherlands participate in Odyssey Dawn Libya with F-16, KDC-10 tanker and the Minehunter HNLMS Haarlem
Nederland stuurt F16's en tankvliegtuigen naar Libië. Ook wordt de mijnenjager Hr. Ms. Haarlem ingezet.
Het kabinet vergadert vanavond speciaal over deelname aan een actie tegen Libië. De ministers praten dan over de zogeheten artikel-100-brief aan de Tweede Kamer.
Netherlands sends F-16s and refueling aircraft to Libya. Also, the mine hunter Hr. Ms. Haarlem deployed. The Cabinet meets tonight specifically about participating in an action against Libya. Ministers are talking about the so-called article 100 letter to the House.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 5:42:00 PM CET
Analysis of Libyan no-fly zone mission by former First Sea Lord
Lord West - the former First Sea Lord and Security Minister under the previous government - has been assessing the military mission to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya.
He spoke to Forces News presenter Kate Gerbeau who asked him about the handover of control from America to NATO and what the future shape of Libya could be if a stalemate ensues between the Gaddafi regime and rebel forces.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 5:07:00 PM CET
French jets launch Libya mission
Two French planes launched their first missions in Libya from the aircraft carrier Charles deGaulle today, France's armed forces spokesman said.
The two Rafale jets were on a reconnaissance mission and did not fire any shots, Colonel Thierry Burkhard said.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 4:49:00 PM CET
Libyan city in 'catastrophic situation' as Gaddafi attacks continue
Doctors in Libya's rebel-held city of Misrata are operating on people with bullet and shrapnel wounds in hospital corridors after attacks by government forces killed dozens and wounded many more, residents said.
A resident reached by telephone told Reuters 40 people were killed in shelling on Monday. Tanks in the centre of the city were firing again on Tuesday and four young children were killed when the car they were in was hit, the resident said.
guardian.co.uk Caller to BBC from Misrata describes situation as “a catastrophe”.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 4:16:00 PM CET
NATO has now decided to launch an operation to enforce the arms embargo against Libya.
All Allies are committed to meet their responsibilities under the United Nations resolution to stop the intolerable violence against Libyan civilians.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 3:57:00 PM CET
Ministry of defence briefing on libya conflict - Mar 22, 2011
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 2:53:00 PM CET
Sarkozy opposes Nato taking control of Libya operation
NATO Sources: French want to protect their 'leadership' of air raids #Libya
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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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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 22, 2011 at 2:39:00 PM CET
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces retreat from Benghazi
COLONEL Muammar Gaddafi has suffered a massive personal setback with one of his sons reportedly killed in a suicide air mission on his barracks.
Khamis, 27, who runs the feared Khamis Brigade that has been prominent in its role of attacking rebel-held areas, is said to have died on Saturday night.
A Libyan air force pilot crashed his jet into the Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli in a kamikaze attack, Algerian TV reported following an unsubstantiated claim by an anti-Gaddafi media organisation.
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