Didn't even make my Monday paper.
Related: Libyan Nights
Yeah, nothing new in my newspaper.
"Attacks raise pressure on Khadafy" June 07, 2011|Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO airstrikes targeted sites around Tripoli early yesterday, raising pressure on Moammar Khadafy’s beleaguered regime.
It was not immediately clear what was targeted. Libyan government officials were not available for comment. The overnight strikes followed explosions that shook Tripoli on Sunday.
The alliance said those strikes hit missile storage areas and launchers, command and control facilities, and a radar system.
NATO military craft appear to be increasing the frequency of their strikes around the capital, the stronghold of Khadafy’s four-decade-old regime. Khadafy also faces a four-month-old rebel insurgency, several defections, and a naval blockade.
In Brussels, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he would use a meeting tomorrow with the alliance’s defense ministers to demand that more countries contribute to the fight against Khadafy. He did not mention specific nations. Britain and France have been heavily involved since the mission started in March.
Translation: WE NEED GROUND TROOPS!!
Even though we are winning!
Also yesterday, two rebels were killed in fighting with Khadafy’s forces in the eastern oil town of Brega, 125 miles southwest of the de facto rebel capital of Benghazi, a medic said. Khadafy forces fired mortars at a graveyard in the town of Ajdabiya, a front-line town in the rebel-held east.0
After the strike, rebel fighters pursued government forces west to Brega, where two rebels were killed and one was injured by government shelling, the medic said. It was unclear if any government soldiers were killed because Libyan authorities don’t provide casualty information.
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Update: NATO warplanes attack Khadafy compound
Sorry, readers, I did not buy a paper today and don't feel like reading any Boston Globe today.
