Libya no-fly zone having 'very real effect', says MoD Typhoon takes off from Gioia del Colle air base The MoD says the RAF
Typhoon has flown its first ever missions in hostile airspace over Libya The military operation over Libya is having a "very real effect", according to the Ministry of Defence. Spokesman Gen John Lorimer said Col Muammar Gaddafi's assault on Benghazi had been "stopped in its tracks". He said aircraft from six countries, including the UK, were now on duty over Libya. The coalition operation to protect civilians from attack has entered a fourth day, with air strikes being made overnight against Libyan armed forces. Gen Lorimer said RAF Tornados had flown further missions, but they did not make any attacks. A government motion to support action in Libya won a majority of 544 votes in the House of Commons on Monday, after a debate which had focused on the UN resolution passed last week. This authorises "all necessary measures", short of bringing in an occupying force, to protect Libyan citizens from the Gaddafi regime, which has been fighting rebel forces. The Commons' motion followed continued US-led action in Libya, with Libyan leader Col Gaddafi's sprawling Bab al-Aziziya complex, in the capital Tripoli, among the locations hit. Libya's government has said more civilians have been killed in the latest wave of air and missile strikes by coalition forces. ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
