Obama:Gadhafi ouster not Libya mission’s goal

A coalition air campaign over Libya is not aimed at removing Moammar Gadhafi from power, despite U.S. policy that the Libyan ruler “has to go,” U.S. President Barack Obama says.

Speaking to reporters on Monday during a visit to Chile, Obama insisted the purpose of the military mission is in response to the humanitarian threat Gadhafi poses (more…)

Libya rebels trying to reclaim lost towns

Anti-government rebels are clashing with government loyalists in key Libyan cities as international forces continued a string of airstrikes against government air defences. (more…)

Gaddafi’s ‘command and control capability’ destroyed, report

An air strike against an administrative building in a compound including Muammar Gaddafi’s residence in Tripoli has destroyed the Libyan leader’s “command and control capability”, a coalition official says.
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US not recognizing Libya ceasefire

The United States said on Sunday it would not recognize a ceasefire declared by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. (more…)

Hints of dissent inside Gaddafi’s stronghold

Allied air strikes may have galvanised Muammar Gaddafi’s campaign against Western “terrorists” and “colonialists”, but deep within his Tripoli stronghold muted murmurs of dissent persist. (more…)

Libya: Moussa’s statements confusing, hypocritical, report

The European- and US-led military action against Libya in the past two days pivoted on the Arab League’s crucial support of a no-fly zone that would protect civilians there. (more…)

Allied mission in Libya has two goals

The allied assault on Libyan air defenses has two goals: preventing further attacks by Libyan forces on rebels and other civilians, and degrading the Libyan military’s ability to contest a no-fly zone, Pentagon officials said yesterday. (more…)

U.S. fires on Libyan air defense targets

The U.S. military launched its first airstrikes on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s air defenses Saturday, a Pentagon official said.

“Earlier this afternoon, over 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from both U.S. and British ships and submarines — struck more than 20 integrated air defense systems (more…)

French military jets over Libya to protect civilians

French military jets are preventing forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi from attacking the rebel-held city of Benghazi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says. (more…)

In Libya, Benghazi’s freedom fighters face a massacre

By cruelly suppressing its society, the Libyan regime has forfeited its legitimate sovereignty.