Showing posts with label nato operation in libya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nato operation in libya. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Seven civilians were killed in NATO air strikes .....


At least seven civilians were killed in NATO air strikes in Tripoli on Sunday.
 According to a government spokesman, a residential locality in Arada area of Tripoli was targeted in the NATO raids.
 Reporters were taken by Libyan government officials to the residential area destroyed during the attack.

Friday, June 10, 2011

NATO air strikes on Libya......


NATO warplanes are seen again in a bombing raid on the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday.
The air strike was made on Tripoli, soon after Western and Arab powers promised more than $1 billion to help Libyan rebels fighting to end Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi s four-decade rule. Libyan state media said NATO warplanes had also pummelled a town west of Tripoli.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Barack Obama and David Cameron said: Gaddafi will 'lose power' ......

Barack Obama and David Cameron have said Col Gaddafi will ultimately be forced out of power and Libya's people allowed to "choose their own future".
At a joint press conference in London, the UK prime minister vowed to "turn up the heat" on the regime in Tripoli amid suggestions of deadlock on the ground.
But the US President urged people to be "patient", saying the allied campaign in Libya would be "slow and steady". Both men celebrated the US-UK relationship as "stronger than ever".

Friday, May 20, 2011

Nato strikes hit eight Gaddafi warships in ports.....


Nato air strikes have hit eight warships belonging to Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces in co-ordinated raids on Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte.
Spokesman said Nato had to take "decisive action" given Col Gaddafi's increasing use of naval assets to launch attacks on civilians. Flames and smoke could be seen rising from vessels hit in the capital's port.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Seven Libyan rebels killed....

At least seven Libyan rebels are reported to be dead in fighting against state forces in Misrata.
 International media reported that at least seven people were reported killed in fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi in Misrata, which is controlled by the rebels.
The media quoted a doctor at a hospital in Misrata as saying that most of the casualties were rebel fighters killed in battles on the western and eastern edges of the city.