The U.S. military said coalition air strikes targeted the Libyan air defense system
Date:2011-08-30Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
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Xinhua People’s Daily, March 22 Libyan state television reported, the West 21 night fighter of the capital Tripoli Lee launched a third round of massive air strikes. Witnesses said the Libyan air defense forces launched heavy antiaircraft fire, local radio and television building was bombed near a military camp.
U.S. Africa Command, said Hamm, 21 Earlier, U.S. warplanes target Libya had also fired 12 “Tomahawk” cruise missiles against air defense missile sites benefit troops and command and control center. Hamm said it was unclear where Gaddafi hiding. He said the U.S. military at this stage the task is to weaken the ability to facilitate military operations.
U.S. military said from the start of the weekend air strike on Libya opposition is not to provide “air cover”, the two sides failed to make any more contact and coordination activities. Western coalition airstrike hit targets mainly in the Mediterranean coast of Libya’s air defense radar systems and surface positions, to ensure absolute air supremacy the Allies.
Previously, contact the meeting host Xi Mule Chiefs of Staff, said this goal is not to the Libyan air strikes “regime change”, and it will still probably continue to Gaddafi, “the ruling.” Earlier, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Gaddafi will not take the so-called “decapitation” operation and the transfer to NATO command.
Libya against the presence of the representative of Egypt said that they do not want to see Lee died in Western leader Muammar Gaddafi to carry out air strikes, but expecting him to step down after the raid and trial. Although air activities to help the opposition out of the army’s siege temporarily, but the former because of equipment behind, still need military aid from the West to overthrow the Qaddafi regime.
Arab and African countries are opposed to the capital of Western air strikes against Libya, but do not want to see the result of this action hundreds of innocent civilians killed or injured. Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said on the issue in Libya, the West clearly a double standard, a serious departure from the United Nations by setting the “no-fly zone” to protect civilians in mind Libya.
activities started with the raid, the Libyan government forces began to shrink. The siege of the rebel army headquarters in Benghazi Western aircraft tanks and armored vehicles were hit. Is still unable to determine, whether the West will hit the next shift the focus to Libya on the other ground forces, especially when the benefits under the command of the army attack on the opposition to Gaddafi, the Western fighters take position.
France said Libya’s international military intervention against the activities will “continue for some time.” This is a clear Gaddafi threatened to “drag the protracted war to a foreign enemy” to respond.
fears that, under the military strikes in the West, Libya may fall into a kind of “Gaddafi Lord West, the opposition take the East” division even long-term civil war.
For example, while rebels claimed benefits, and never let their country become a second Somalia or Iraq, but the opposition coalition air forces in foreign countries under the cover, the army launched a counter attack has begun . The siege of Benghazi in the settlement, they went to the siege of the eastern city of Ada Shakespeare’s army advancing, but in government forces strafed in hundreds by the “militia” composed of armed opposition quickly defeated.
U.S. diplomats said they do not fully understand the specific composition of the Libyan opposition. Now, with government troops fighting the mainly some “passionate battle with the militia,” These people belong to different factions, fighting each other, can not be considered complete after the formal training of the armed forces.
In addition, the eastern part of the Western Libyan asylum is bred breeding ground for religious extremists. Local living conditions and the relative poverty of many religious people hold radical ideas to develop a number of groups “not afraid of death of the mujahideen.” Including the United States as a terrorist organization the country’s anti-Gaddafi force (the Libyan Islamic fighting group), many people have participated in anti-American activities in Iraq. (H Yi Jun)
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