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NATO Forces Resume Air Strikes in Libya

   VOA News  June 05, 2011
   A British RAF Tornado jet participating in the Libya mission (file
   photo)

Photo: AP

   A British RAF Tornado jet participating in the Libya mission (file
   photo)

   British NATO forces resumed airstrikes on Libya's capital, Tripoli,
   Sunday continuing the effort to pressure Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi
   from more than four decades of rule.
   The airstrikes on military barracks were a follow up to Saturday's air
   attacks on Tripoli.
   NATO said that it had, for the first time, sent attack helicopters on
   low-altitude missions against military installations.
   NATO said Saturday that its airstrikes had destroyed about 20 targets,
   including a radar site and an armed checkpoint. Alliance officials said
   British Apache and French Tiger and Gazelle helicopters carried out the
   assaults.
   Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ivanov said Sunday the helicopter
   attacks may be leading to a ground operation.
   Russia is sending a special presidential representative, Mikhail
   Margelov, to Benghazi, to meet with the rebel leaders.
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