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Defense News - Libya |
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Wednesday,
March 23, 2011, 05:12 PM |
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coalition will attack tanks and artillery of the Libyan army
close to the city of Misrata. |
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Allied
warplanes have launched further air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi’s
forces for a fourth day, notably in western Libya. The coalition
has confirmed artillery and tanks besieging the rebel-held
town of Misrata were targeted.
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Vehicles
belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
explode after
an air strike by coalition forces
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Senior US military
chief officer Peg Klein said: “Some of those cities
still have tanks advancing on them to attack the Libyan
people. We are authorised, and the President made the
nexus between the Security Council resolution and what
he considers our legal mandate to attack those tanks.
And so that is the type of target that our strike aircraft
will go after.”
Many of the American air strikes are being launched from
ships in the Mediterranean.
Despite some condemnation of the West’s
intervention, military chiefs have defended their role.
Western nations backing the UN no-fly zone over Libya
have agreed a role for NATO in the campaign but they will
have to clarify the mission’s aims before winning
wider support.
President Obama, who wants the US to take a back seat,
has persuaded a reluctant France to accept the involvement
of the alliance.
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