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Defense News - Libya |
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Thursday,
March 17, 2011, 08:29 PM |
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threatens Mediterranean air and maritime traffic in case of
foreign military operations. |
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The Libyan
ministry of Defense warned this evening against any foreign
military operation against Libya, threatening to attack
the air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean, said
the Jana official agency. |
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Libyan soldiers with Palmaria
artillery gun at the west gate of town Ajdabiyah March 16,
2011.
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“Any
foreign military operation against Libya will expose all
the air and maritime traffic in the Mediterranean”,
said a spokesperson of the Libyan ministry of Defence confirmed
by the Jana official agency. “Any civil or military
planes or ships component will be the target of a Libyan
counter-offensive”, it added. “And the Mediterranean
will be exposed to a serious danger not only in the short
time but also in the long time”.
This announce
come a few hours before a vote envisaged at the UN on
a draft Resolution forcing a no-fly zone to block on the
ground the Kaddafi air forces. The Libyan army had announced
to stop before Sunday its military operations, according
to Jana. “The Libyan Ministry of Defence decided
to stop military operations against the terrorist armed
bands from Sunday 00:00 (22H00 GMT) (...) to give a chance
of rebels to give their weapons and that they benefit
from a decision of general amnesty”, according to
the agency.
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