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jakeXT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-11 03:30 PM
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NATO missiles strike Tripoli, Sirte: Libyan TV
Source: Reuters

In Brussels, NATO said alliance aircraft had attacked command-and-control facilities of the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, including a brigade headquarters south of Tripoli, on Monday night.

Libya's Al Jamahiriya channel said: "The city of Tripoli and Sirte were subject to bombardment by the crusader colonial aggression during the early hours of Tuesday."

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State television added that NATO also bombarded the al-Habra area in the town of al-Aziziyah "a little while ago," without giving details.

A NATO statement said multiple air strikes on Monday night targeted communications infrastructure and the headquarters of Gaddafi's 32nd brigade 10 km (six miles) south of Tripoli.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/19/us-libya-airstrike-idUSTRE73I1KU20110419



-- Nine ammunition bunkers and the headquarters of Gaddafi's 32nd Brigade destroyed in the vicinity of Tripoli. A British statement said the operation had involved cruise missiles fired from the British submarine HMS Triumph.

-- Six surface-to-air missiles, four tanks, four air defence missile sites and one mobile rocket launcher destroyed in the vicinity of Misrata. The British statement said the strikes had involved British Typhoon and Tornado aircraft.

-- Three ammunition storage bunkers destroyed in the vicinity of Sirte.

-- Three tanks, one anti-aircraft weapon system and one armoured vehicle destroyed in the vicinity of Zintan.

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http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE73H1PM20110419?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
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