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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 10:46:00 AM CET

11:28am Gaddafi is speaking now, carried on Libyan state TV, though he is not visible in the picture.

Gaddafi vows to fight for all the land of Libya. "We will not allow the enemies to come defeat us, we have already defeated the Italians," he says

Libya GMT+2

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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 9:48:00 AM CET

Reuters correspondent sees fresh burned military vehicles lining Benghazi-Ajdabiyah road after Western air strikes on area

Reuters

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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 9:06:00 AM CET

History of Libya

This is a short documentary film of some of the key events in Libyan history between the years 1911 -- 1969.

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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 8:54:00 AM CET

Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV crew & team of journalists arrested in Libya by #Gaddafi authorities.

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#AlJazeera journos being held in #Libya since being detained in west of country. AJ holds Libyan authorities responsible for their safety bilalr

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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 8:46:00 AM CET

Rejeltion

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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

flashLive video

10:10pm Barack Obama, the US president, has just made short comments on the initiation of military operations. He says that the US is "proud that we are acting as part of a coalition", and that the coalition was "answering the calls of a threatened people". There is a briefing by Vice Admiral William E Gortney, Director of the Joint Staff in the US, currently ongoing at the Pentagon. Pentagon Briefing - 03/19/11

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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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