Britain Fires Missiles At Libyan Targets

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Britain has fired missiles at Libyan military targets as UN allies begin military strikes against Colonel Gaddafi's regime.


Three RAF Tornado jets have left the UK, the first of the British strikeforce tasked with enforcing a no-fly zone over the country.
The MoD confirmed Tornadoes have fired Stormshadow missiles against Libya's air defences.
Coalition vessels have also fired more than 100 Tomahawk missiles at 20 targets, and sources have told Sky News that British ships are also involved in a naval blockade of the country.
Co-ordinated international action has been launched after the Libyan leader defied the UN's demand that he stop attacking his own people.
Military forces have so far taken to the air and water to attack Libya. French warplanes are patrolling Libyan skies and have fired on pro-Gaddafi tanks.
Libya's air defence systems are said to have been already "severely disabled" by the attacks.
Sky's Lisa Holland, who is in capital Tripoli under the supervision of Libyan authorities, reported seeing anti-aircraft fire following loud explosions in the city, possibly from missile attacks.
Libya is claiming 48 people have been killed in missile strikes, according to the AFP news agency.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THE LIBYAN CONFLICT

Loud blasts have been heard east of the capital Tripoli and fireballs were reportedly seen on the horizon.
The international effort also involves the US, Canada and Italy.
Speaking outside No 10 after an emergency meeting, Mr Cameron said the action was "necessary, legal and right".
He said: "I believe we should all be confident that what we are doing is in a just cause and in our nation's interest."
President Barack Obama called on Col Gaddafi to pull back his troops, but said the US would not be deploying troops on the ground.
He said: "The use of force is not our first choice or a choice I made lightly. But we can't stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people that there will be no mercy."

The pilot can be seen ejecting moments before the crash
Col Gaddafi has made a brief and largely unintelligible statement by phone on Libyan state television, marking his first words since military action began.
Meanwhile, Libyan state television reported the bombardment of civilian sites in Tripoli by the planes of "crusader enemies" - a reference to the West. Buildings hit so far have included two hospitals, the reports said.
The initiation of military action was revealed by Western leaders following a summit in Paris to decide how to deal with what they said was the dictator's breach of a self-imposed ceasefire.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said after the meeting that military force would be used "in the absence of an immediate ceasefire" because "the Libyan people need our help."

Benghazi rebels clamber aboard a captured Libyan tank
Reports suggested Libyan forces intended to deploy "human shields" to thwart any UN-backed bombing campaign.
As military forces swung into action, the International Red Cross called on all sides to spare civilians and respect international law as military action began, and said medical staff and ambulances should be allowed access to the wounded.
Reports said the rebel stronghold of Benghazi has been attacked by Gaddafi's militia, and the insurgents claim a captured warplane was shot down.
The rebel pilot of the fighter jet, which may have been shot down or suffered catastrophic engine failure, ejected moments it crashed in a fireball in Benghazi's southern suburbs.

Sky's Emma Hurd, who witnessed the crash, said: "It had been circling above the heavily populated areas and then it went into a fast dive and caught on fire."
A Benghazi resident named Sam later claimed the city was being hit by rocket fire from ground forces loyal to Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.
She told Sky News: "Benghazi has been under continuous bombing since around 6am this morning - it was non-stop and the windows were shaking.
"Their troops have been bombing civilian areas with no military facilities... Civilians are being attacked in Benghazi."
But a government official insisted military forces were not being used to attack the city on Saturday, amid claims of 25 dead being taken to the city's hospitals.
SKY'S FOREIGN EDITOR ON THE PROPAGANDA BATTLE

Sky News foreign editor Tim Marshall also revealed that paucity of information coming from the city of 675,000 people.
"We have very little factual detail coming out of Benghazi, instead we have claim and counter-claim," Marshall said.
"Just as the Libyan forces are capable of using propaganda, the rebel forces are prepared to use it too, in an attempt to draw in outside forces to help their cause."
Libya declared a ceasefire on Friday after the UN authorised the no-fly zone over the country, and the country's deputy foreign minister later insisited in an interview with Sky News that forces would stick to it.

Libyan armoured anti-aircraft vehicles are suspected targets
Regime spokesman Ibrahim Moussa later said the Gaddafi's government remained defiant about the threat of military action.
Mr Moussa also denied government forces shelled any Libyan towns on Saturday, saying the rebels were the ones breaking the ceasefire by attacking military forces.
Reading from a letter sent by the dictator to Mr Cameron, Mr Sarkozy and the UN secretary general, he said: "You will regret it if you take a step towards intervening in our internal affairs, in our country.
"The UN security council is not authorised, according to the UN charter, to intervene in the internal affairs of any country."
LIBYAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN IBRAHIM MOUSSA


The fighter, believed to be a MIG-23, exploded in a ball of flames
Col Gaddafi insisted the rebels are Islamists and said in the statement: "We are fighting al Qaeda, in what they call the Islamic Maghreb."
Libya's oil minister warned Western companies under contract to continue operating in the country otherwise Chinese and Indian oil firms may be given those rights.
:: Al Jazeera television has said a British cameraman is among a reporting team which was detained several days ago while working in west Libya.

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