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Libya no-fly enforced, airstrikes begin.
Posted: Mar 19, 2011
PARIS, March 19 (UPI) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday French warplanes have begun enforcing the Libya no-fly zone, and military jets began airstrikes, military sources said.
The French defense minister said a French fighter fired at a Libyan military vehicle hours after Western and Arab League leaders met in Paris, the BBC reported.
"Our air force will oppose any aggression on the population of Benghazi," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.
"Right now our planes are blocking airstrikes on" Benghazi. "French planes are ready to act against armored vehicles that would be threatening unarmed civilians."
Despite the Gadhafi regime's claimed ceasefire, witnesses in Benghazi told The New York Times of artillery bombardments and government forces in the rebel-held city.
The United Nations Security Council resolution passed Thursday authorized military action to protect civilians, but Western officials in Paris told the Times they were interpreting it to include protection of the beleaguered armed rebels.
Meanwhile, dictator Moammar Gadhafi Saturday defied the no-fly zone and warned it could destabilize the region.
Gadhafi's government issued what it called an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, the United Nations and European leaders telling them not to interfere in Libyan internal affairs and warning there would be consequences if they did.
"This is injustice, it is clear aggression, and it is uncalculated risk for its consequences on the Mediterranean and Europe," the statement said.
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Strangely enough, Gadhafi had planned to escape to Brazil at one time - I think his plans just got messed up
[ In Reply To ..]I doubt that he wlll be allowed to take refuge in Brazil right now. What a strange coincidence that President Obama just happens to be at the place where he was seeking to flee.
It really is just a coincidence, but strange nevertheless.
next up, Libya - anon
[ In Reply To ..]Looks like war #3 is just around the corner. Great, just great. (sarcasm)
I can't believe for one second that Americans will - sm
[ In Reply To ..]tolerate yet another war.
You're right. We only find wars acceptable and even honorable in Republican administrations - Only Republicans can start wars
[ In Reply To ..]It's a rule. Republicans start wars because it's the moral thing to do.
We got into WW II during a Democrat admin... - just sayin' nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
That's true. I was making an overstatement, but I know it has happened with both parties - Sometimes I wonder if Americans just love war
[ In Reply To ..]I don't think we used to love war. I know we didn't love World War II, and we certainly didn't love what happened in Vietnam. In 2003 though, Americans started looking forward to war, getting even. It was an attitude that I couldn't relate to and don't like at all.
In this case it isn't a real war, at least yet. Were we right to protect the helpless? When I saw those beautiful little children out there and then heard the report that Gadafi had shot people, including children, in that area, it just made me sick.
If I had been there in that spot, I would have helped them defend themselves. Should we be there? Time will tell I guess.
it's got a name - iceT
[ In Reply To ..]It's called Operation Odyssey Dawn. Odyssey Dawn?? Who thinks these up?
"Cruise missiles are the weapon of first choice in such campaigns; they do not put pilots at risk, and they use navigational technologies that provide good precision.
The first Tomahawk cruise missiles struck at 3 p.m. EDT, Gortney said, after a one-hour flight from the U.S. and British vessels on station in the Mediterranean.
They were fired from five U.S. ships — the guided-missile destroyers USS Stout and USS Barry, and three submarines, USS Providence, USS Scranton and USS Florida.
The U.S. has at least 11 naval vessels in the Mediterranean, including three submarines, two destroyers, two amphibious warfare ships and the USS Mount Whitney, a command-and-control vessel that is the flagship of the Navy's 6th Fleet. Also in the area are Navy P-3 and EP-3 surveillance aircraft, officials said."
I'll be keeping these U.S. and allied forces in my prayers for their safety.
I agree with you. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I will also be keeping the troops in my prayers for their safety. Getting my Bible out as we speak.
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