Libya Allied Attacks

An unofficial adviser to Hillary Clinton when she was US Secretary of State told her during the 2011 rebellion that ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that history had "vindicated" her and the "successful strategy" of the United States, emails released on Monday showed.

Leaders of the four dozen countries and international organizations meeting here on Tuesday made it clear that the NATO-led military operation in Libya would end only with the removal of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, even though that is not the stated aim of the United Nations resolution authorizing it. "When the fighting is over, we will need to put ri...

The French military has released a video of its personnel preparing for the no-fly zone operations.  French Mirage fighter jets took off from an airbase in Corsica, while Super Etendard and Hawkeye fighter jets launched their missions from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, off the Libyan coast. Allied forces launched United Nations-...

The United States and its allies shifted on Wednesday to ferocious airstrikes on Libyan ground forces, tanks and artillery, marking the second phase of a military campaign that drew the Pentagon deeper into the fight.A pounding from allied warplanes in the rebel-held city of Misurata forced Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi's troops to pull back for much of ...

President Obama worked on Tuesday to bridge differences among allies about how to manage the military campaign in Libya, as airstrikes continued to rock Tripoli and forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi showed no sign of ending their sieges of rebel-held cities. On a day when two United States airmen bailed out over Libya and were rescued after t...

Anti aircraft gunfire echoed around the Libyan capital for a third night on Monday.Arcs of tracer fire in the sky above Tripoli marked what appeared to be the start of a another night of coalition attacks.International forces intend to extend a no-fly zone to Tripoli, hundreds of miles distant from the area of recent fighting between forces loyal t...

The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi accused Western powers on Sunday of making a "big mistake" by carrying out airstrikes against the country."One day you'll wake up and you will find out that you were supporting the wrong people," Saif al-Islam Gaddafi told Amercian network ABC in a telephone interview.His father vowed a "long war" after the ...

A day after American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, the Libyan leader delivered a fresh and defiant tirade on Sunday, pledging retaliation and saying his forces would fight a long war to victory.He was speaking in a telephone call to state television, which, apparently for se...

A defiant Moammar Gaddafi vowed a "long war" after the U.S. and European militaries blasted his forces with airstrikes and over 100 cruise missiles, hitting air defenses and at least two major air bases early Sunday, shaking the Libyan capital with explosions and anti-aircraft fire.Despite the strikes, Gaddafi's troops lashed back, bombarding the r...

American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi on Saturday, unleashing warplanes and missiles in a military intervention on a scale not seen in the Arab world since the Iraq war. On Sunday, American B-2 bombers were reported to have struck a major Libyan airfield.The mission to impos...

An unofficial adviser to Hillary Clinton when she was US Secretary of State told her during the 2011 rebellion that ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that history had "vindicated" her and the "successful strategy" of the United States, emails released on Monday showed.

Leaders of the four dozen countries and international organizations meeting here on Tuesday made it clear that the NATO-led military operation in Libya would end only with the removal of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, even though that is not the stated aim of the United Nations resolution authorizing it. "When the fighting is over, we will need to put ri...

The French military has released a video of its personnel preparing for the no-fly zone operations.  French Mirage fighter jets took off from an airbase in Corsica, while Super Etendard and Hawkeye fighter jets launched their missions from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, off the Libyan coast. Allied forces launched United Nations-...

The United States and its allies shifted on Wednesday to ferocious airstrikes on Libyan ground forces, tanks and artillery, marking the second phase of a military campaign that drew the Pentagon deeper into the fight.A pounding from allied warplanes in the rebel-held city of Misurata forced Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi's troops to pull back for much of ...

President Obama worked on Tuesday to bridge differences among allies about how to manage the military campaign in Libya, as airstrikes continued to rock Tripoli and forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Gaddafi showed no sign of ending their sieges of rebel-held cities. On a day when two United States airmen bailed out over Libya and were rescued after t...

Anti aircraft gunfire echoed around the Libyan capital for a third night on Monday.Arcs of tracer fire in the sky above Tripoli marked what appeared to be the start of a another night of coalition attacks.International forces intend to extend a no-fly zone to Tripoli, hundreds of miles distant from the area of recent fighting between forces loyal t...

The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi accused Western powers on Sunday of making a "big mistake" by carrying out airstrikes against the country."One day you'll wake up and you will find out that you were supporting the wrong people," Saif al-Islam Gaddafi told Amercian network ABC in a telephone interview.His father vowed a "long war" after the ...

A day after American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi, the Libyan leader delivered a fresh and defiant tirade on Sunday, pledging retaliation and saying his forces would fight a long war to victory.He was speaking in a telephone call to state television, which, apparently for se...

A defiant Moammar Gaddafi vowed a "long war" after the U.S. and European militaries blasted his forces with airstrikes and over 100 cruise missiles, hitting air defenses and at least two major air bases early Sunday, shaking the Libyan capital with explosions and anti-aircraft fire.Despite the strikes, Gaddafi's troops lashed back, bombarding the r...

American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi on Saturday, unleashing warplanes and missiles in a military intervention on a scale not seen in the Arab world since the Iraq war. On Sunday, American B-2 bombers were reported to have struck a major Libyan airfield.The mission to impos...