US doing limited airstrikes for NATO in Libya

[Spoonman]

So why has obama been making it seem like he turned operations over to nato and we are out of it? What a frigging liar.

US doing limited airstrikes for NATO in Libya

WASHINGTON – Amid complaints from allies that the U.S. military should be doing more in the Libya operation, Pentagon officials disclosed Wednesday that American fighter jets have continued airstrikes inside the country even after the United States turned the mission over to NATO last week.

The revelation came as Pentagon officials laid out U.S. participation in the Libya conflict over the past 10 days, including that Americans have flown 35 percent of all air missions.

Those missions, they said, include bombing attacks against Libyan surface-to-air missile launchers, as well as surveillance and refueling operations. It was the first time the Pentagon acknowledged that airstrikes continued after the U.S. handed over control of the Libya mission to NATO on April 4.



US doing limited airstrikes for NATO in Libya - Yahoo! News

 

[Steve Hanson]

So why has obama been making it seem like he turned operations over to nato and we are out of it? What a frigging liar.

US doing limited airstrikes for NATO in Libya

WASHINGTON – Amid complaints from allies that the U.S. military should be doing more in the Libya operation, Pentagon officials disclosed Wednesday that American fighter jets have continued airstrikes inside the country even after the United States turned the mission over to NATO last week.

The revelation came as Pentagon officials laid out U.S. participation in the Libya conflict over the past 10 days, including that Americans have flown 35 percent of all air missions.

Those missions, they said, include bombing attacks against Libyan surface-to-air missile launchers, as well as surveillance and refueling operations. It was the first time the Pentagon acknowledged that airstrikes continued after the U.S. handed over control of the Libya mission to NATO on April 4.



US doing limited airstrikes for NATO in Libya - Yahoo! News

Damn I hate this guy.

 

[waltky]

Qaddafi got his thugs killin' lil kids...

Twenty children killed in Misrata, UN says
Wed, Apr 20, 2011 - The UN appealed yesterday for a ceasefire in the Libyan city of Misrata, saying at least 20 children had been killed in attacks by besieging government forces on rebel-held parts of the city.

Libya’s third city, where hundreds are believed to have been killed by shelling and sniper fire from embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s forces, is the main focus of efforts to protect civilians caught up in his bid to put down an armed rebellion. “Fifty days into the fighting in Misrata, the full picture of the toll on children is emerging — far worse than we had feared and certain to get worse unless there is a ceasefire,” said Marixie Mercado, spokeswoman for the UN children’s fund UNICEF.

“We have at least 20 verified child deaths and many more injuries due to shrapnel from mortars and tanks and bullet wounds,” she told a news briefing in Geneva. Aid groups say food, medicines and other basic items are in short supply in the city, and tens of thousands of casualties and foreign workers are waiting at the port to be evacuated. Nine weeks after the rebellion broke out, inspired by uprisings against autocratic rulers elsewhere in the Arab world, the city’s plight has highlighted the limitations of a NATO-led air campaign designed to keep Qaddafi’s forces out of the air and prevent attacks on civilians.

Many NATO members refuse to go beyond enforcing a UN-mandated no-fly zone to attack Qaddafi’s forces, despite the urging of the US, France and Britain, who all want to see Qaddafi removed from power. And some of those who allowed a UN Security Council resolution on Libya to pass say that it is being misused to provide military cover for the rebels — even though fighting now appears to have stalemated on a frontline just west of Ajdabiyah in eastern Libya.

NATO said multiple air strikes on Monday night had targeted Qaddafi’s communications infrastructure and the headquarters of his 32nd brigade, 10km south of Tripoli. Libyan television said Tripoli and the towns of Sirte and al-Aziziyah had been bombed. At Ajdabiyah’s western gate, rebels peered into the desert through binoculars yesterday morning at what they said were Qaddafi’s forces 30km away. Some said that NATO had advised them not to attack so they would not be hit accidentally by air strikes.

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[Spoonman]

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[Steve Hanson]

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