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Midland Summary: Staff Director 威廉戈特尼 19 U.S. military said U.S. troops deployed in the Mediterranean and British warships and submarine launched the same day hundreds of Libyan missiles to the “Tomahawk” cruise missiles, attacked Libya than 20 air defense facilities.

Staff Director 威廉戈特尼 U.S. 19, said the deployment of U.S. forces in the Mediterranean and British warships and submarines fired the same day hundreds of missiles to Libya, “Tomahawk” cruise missiles, attack on Libya 20 multiple air defense facilities.

Ge Teni day at a news conference at the Pentagon, said crackdown launched earlier in the afternoon, the U.S. and British armies launched a total of 110-112 “Tomahawk” cruise missiles, combat The aim of the Libyan air defense system as a whole “key nodes”, the total number over 20. He said these targets include surface to air missile positions, early warning systems and key communications nodes. He said Libya’s air defense system is mainly for the Russian system, although relatively old, but still significant air defense capability.

Gete Ni said the attack targets are mainly located in the west coast and the Libyan capital of Tripoli near. Specifically, the objectives include the fight against Libya “SA-5″ long-range surface to air missile positions. Gete Ni said, to remove the missiles, the Libyan air space to the maximum extent “wide open” to facilitate the implementation of the Western countries on the “no-fly zone” of UN resolutions, the United States, “Global Hawk” unmanned reconnaissance aircraft can also be followed into the . However, he said, because Libya is now night, so the U.S. will take some time to confirm the combat results.

military action against Libya was named as the “Odyssey Dawn”, now by the U.S. Africa Command Unified Command. Gete Ni said he expects command in the next few days to the coalition headquarters to be established. In addition to the United States and Britain involved in the operation from France, Canada and Italy.

Gete Ni said, the U.S. military action now mainly focused on “establishing the scope of the battlefield to take over command of the allies.” He said, the U.S. ground forces did not enter Libya. The United States had repeatedly stressed that no unilateral action against Libya, will mainly provide support for the allies.

U.S. troops now deployed in the Mediterranean, three equipped with “Tomahawk” missiles, submarines, in addition to two guided missile destroyers, two frigates and one amphibious command ship. A total of 25 coalition forces in the Mediterranean ships.

Secretary of the Libyan General People’s Congress (Speaker) 19 Mohammed confirmed the ancestral dimension, many military and civilian targets in Libya was a missile attack.

Zuwei in the evening at a press conference in the capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Misurata suffered from some Western countries, missile attacks, civilian casualties, severe damage to buildings and facilities. He stressed that these barbaric attacks against the Libyan people in the interest of all parties to stop military operations has been announced, and pledge to conduct a comprehensive political and economic reform occurs when.

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