Breaking News: 112 Missles Aimed at Libya

The U.S. and the U.K. have ordered a military operation containing 112 missles toward Libya. The missiles were released from the five military ships. MSNBC reports the breaking news with Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney. Gortney said the stikes were coordinated and assessed due to the threats to civilians and pilots.


Vice Admiral Gortney reported that this may be the first phase of several to warn the Libian regime regarding their people and to "shake the battle space". There were 110-112 Tomohawk missiles launched Saturday March 19, 2011. Yahoo also reported the goal of the missles being targeted to Libya. "Its aim: prevent Moammar Gadhafi's forces from inflicting more violence on civilians -- particularly in and around the rebel stronghold of Benghazi -- and degrading the Libyan military's ability to contest a no-fly zone."


According to Yahoo, President Obama said,  "We cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people there will be no mercy."

Gadhafi warns the French and the U.S. regarding 'intervening with his Country.'

The Washington Examiner quotes, "Libya is not yours. Libya is for the Libyans. The Security Council resolution is invalid," he said in the letter to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. "You will regret it if you dare to intervene in our country."

To Obama, the Libyan leader was slightly more conciliatory: "If you had found them taking over American cities with armed force, tell me what you would do."

 

Sources:

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2011/03/gadhafi-warns-against-intervention-strikes-rebels#ixzz1H66TW5vC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110319/ap_on_re_us/us_us_libya_military

Photo: The New York Times