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UK jets conduct raids on missile facility in Libya
British fighter planes have carried out a successful bombing raid on a missile facility near the Libyan town of Sirte.Two Royal Air Force Tornado jets attacked FROG-7 rocket launchers and canisters used to carry Scud missiles on Friday morning, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).MoD footage released on Sunday showed strikes on the military ...
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CIA agents in Libya aid airstrikes and meet rebels
The Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and to contact and vet the beleaguered rebels battling Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's forces, according to American officials.While President Obama has insisted that no American military ground troops participate in the Libyan ca...
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Tripoli is hit again as Europe spars over no-fly zone
An American-led military campaign to destroy Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's air defenses and establish a no-fly zone over Libya has nearly accomplished its initial objectives, and the United States is moving swiftly to hand command to allies in Europe, American officials said Monday. But the firepower of more than 130 Tomahawk cruise missiles and attack...
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Gaddafi's forces drive rebels from key oil town Brega
Moammar Gaddafi's forces swept rebels from a key oil town on Sunday with waves of strikes from warships, tanks and warplanes, closing on the Opposition-held eastern half of Libya as insurgents pleaded for a UN-imposed no-fly zone.Gaddafi's troops have been emboldened by a string of victories in the struggle for Libya's main coastal highway but thei...
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UK jets conduct raids on missile facility in Libya
British fighter planes have carried out a successful bombing raid on a missile facility near the Libyan town of Sirte.Two Royal Air Force Tornado jets attacked FROG-7 rocket launchers and canisters used to carry Scud missiles on Friday morning, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).MoD footage released on Sunday showed strikes on the military ...
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CIA agents in Libya aid airstrikes and meet rebels
The Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and to contact and vet the beleaguered rebels battling Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's forces, according to American officials.While President Obama has insisted that no American military ground troops participate in the Libyan ca...
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Tripoli is hit again as Europe spars over no-fly zone
An American-led military campaign to destroy Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi's air defenses and establish a no-fly zone over Libya has nearly accomplished its initial objectives, and the United States is moving swiftly to hand command to allies in Europe, American officials said Monday. But the firepower of more than 130 Tomahawk cruise missiles and attack...
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Gaddafi's forces drive rebels from key oil town Brega
Moammar Gaddafi's forces swept rebels from a key oil town on Sunday with waves of strikes from warships, tanks and warplanes, closing on the Opposition-held eastern half of Libya as insurgents pleaded for a UN-imposed no-fly zone.Gaddafi's troops have been emboldened by a string of victories in the struggle for Libya's main coastal highway but thei...
