Thursday, March 24, 2011

Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn

Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
01. A tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi explodes after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
After weeks of talking the world kind of agreed on what to do about Libya and Gaddafi. UN Resolution 1973 was passed and work could begin on establishing a no-fly zone over Libya. Thereby preventing Gadaffi from using his airforce to bomb the rebels, who had been driven back all the way to Benghazi. Before the ink was dry French jets had already taken to the air to take out Libyan army tanks, something which was not in the no-fly zone agreement. Shortly afterwards the rest of the coalition unleashed some of their might and Gadaffi’s air defenses were attacked by cruise missiles, fighter jets and bombers.

In military terms it was deemed a success, but in political terms that age old conundrum reared it’s ugly head again. Where is the line between too much and not enough? Either way, the rebels are happy for now and have a better chance of fighting Gadaffi’s army, but one thing is certain. We can’t turn back the clock now. If Gadaffi wins, the coalition countries and all who supported them will be on his hit list. And we all know Mad Dog Gadaffi does not mind using some underhand tactics as pay back.

Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
02. The father of a rebel killed in clashes with forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Bin Jawad, holds up an AK-47 rifle during his funeral in Benghazi March 13, 2011. Gaddafi's troops forced outgunned Libyan rebels to retreat eastwards on Sunday and laid siege to pockets of resistance, unimpeded by diplomatic efforts to impose a no-fly zone. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
03. Libyan rebels teach volunteer recruits how to use an anti-aircraft gun at a base in Benghazi, March 14, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
04. Hesham, 23, an agriculture student who has joined the weeks-old Libyan rebellion, poses for a portrait in a burned out building of a military base in the rebel headquarters of Benghazi, March 14, 2011. Countless young Libyan males have quit school or work to join the ranks of rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
05. Ali, 22, an entrepreneur who has joined the weeks-old Libyan rebellion, poses for a portrait in a burned out building of a military base in the rebel headquarters of Benghazi, March 14, 2011. Countless young Libyan males have quit school or work to join the ranks of rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
06. Ismail, 18, a high school student who has joined the weeks-old Libyan rebellion, poses for a portrait in a burned out building of a military base in the rebel headquarters of Benghazi, March 14, 2011. Countless young Libyan males have quit school or work to join the ranks of rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
07. Mohammed, 18, a high school student who has joined the weeks-old Libyan rebellion, poses for a portrait in a burned out building of a military base in the rebel headquarters of Benghazi, March 14, 2011. Countless young Libyan males have quit school or work to join the ranks of rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
08. A rebel holds a man-portable air-defense system during clashes with pro-Gaddafi forces between Ras Lanuf and Bin Jawad March 9, 2011. The rebel movement in their east Libya headquarters of Benghazi said on Wednesday their forces moved back into the hard fought over town of Bin Jawad, but some fighters said its fate was not clear.
REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
09. A rebel fighter fires his anti-aircraft gun as he flees together with other rebel fighters from Ajdabiyah, outside Ajdabiyah on the road to Benghazi, March 15, 2011. Gaddafi's forces reached Ajdabiyah after storming through Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, reversing the advance of a rag-tag rebel army, which only a few weeks ago was confident of charging into the capital Tripoli and toppling Gaddafi. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
10. Rebel fighters flee from Ajdabiyah, outside Ajdabiyah on the road to Benghazi, March 15, 2011. Gaddafi's forces reached Ajdabiyah after storming through Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, reversing the advance of a rag-tag rebel army, which only a few weeks ago was confident of charging into the capital Tripoli and toppling Gaddafi. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
11. Rebel fighters flee from Ajdabiyah, outside Ajdabiyah on the road to Benghazi, March 15, 2011. Gaddafi's forces reached Ajdabiyah after storming through Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, reversing the advance of a rag-tag rebel army, which only a few weeks ago was confident of charging into the capital Tripoli and toppling Gaddafi. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
12. A Libyan army soldier walks past an image of a hand crushing an F-16 fighter superimposed on a window at Bab Al- Aziziyah, Gaddafi's heavily fortified Tripoli compound March 19, 2011. Thousands of Libyans packed into the compound on Saturday to form a human shield against possible air strikes by allied forces. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
13. Soldiers block a supporter loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at Bab Al-Aziziyah in Tripoli March 19, 2011. Thousands of Libyans packed into Gaddafi's heavily fortified Tripoli compound on Saturday to form a human shield against possible air strikes by allied forces. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
14. Libyan army soldiers loyal to Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi guard the protest at Bab Al-Aziziyah in Tripoli March 19, 2011. Thousands of Libyans packed into Gaddafi's heavily fortified Tripoli compound on Saturday to form a human shield against possible air strikes by allied forces. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
15. Vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi burn after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
16. A rebel fighter shows a Libyan government document at the scene of what residents said was a French airstrike against Muammar Gaddafi's forces early on Sunday morning on the southern outskirts of Benghazi in northeastern Libya, March 20, 2011.The smouldering wreckage of tanks and vehicles that appeared to belong to loyalist forces lined the road south from Benghazi on Sunday and the charred corpses of more than a dozen fighters lay scattered in the dirt by the roadside. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
17. People look at the body of a Muammar Gaddafi loyalist soldier killed in what residents said was a French airstrike early on Sunday morning on the southern outskirts of Benghazi in northeastern Libya, March 20, 2011. The smouldering wreckage of tanks and vehicles that appeared to belong to loyalist forces lined the road south from Benghazi on Sunday and the charred corpses of more than a dozen fighters lay scattered in the dirt by the roadside. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
18. A rebel fighter stands beside his weapon at the scene of what residents said was a French airstrike against Muammar Gaddafi's forces early on Sunday morning on the southern outskirts of Benghazi in northeastern Libya, March 20, 2011. The smouldering wreckage of tanks and vehicles that appeared to belong to loyalist forces lined the road south from Benghazi on Sunday and the charred corpses of more than a dozen fighters lay scattered in the dirt by the roadside. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
19. A rebel fighter looks at burning vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
20. A rebel fighter looks at burning vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
21. A rebel fighter walks past a burning vehicle belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
22. A tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi burns after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
23. An RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft prepares to launch at RAF Marham in Eastern England in this photograph dated March 19, 2011 and received in London on March 20, 2011. British warplanes targeted Libya's air defence systems in overnight raids concentrated mainly around the capital, Tripoli, the defence ministry said on Sunday. REUTERS/Crown Copyright/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
24. Final preparations are carried out on a RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft at RAF Marham in Eastern England in this photograph dated March 19, 2011 and received in London on March 20, 2011. British warplanes targeted Libya's air defence systems in overnight raids concentrated mainly around the capital, Tripoli, the defence ministry said on Sunday. REUTERS/Crown Copyright/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
25. A rebel fighter shouts Allahu Akbar! (God is the greatest!) in front of a burning vehicle belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
26. A rebel fighter runs for cover in front of vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
27. A car passes by a tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
28. Vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi explode after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
29. Rebel fighters run for cover, as vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi burn, after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
30. A turret of a tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is left on the ground after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
31. Rebel fighters look at the body of a soldier loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
32. An elderly rebel fighter gestures in front of a destroyed tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces in Benghazi March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
33. Men weep beside the bodies of family members killed during Saturday's offensive by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in the northeastern city of Benghazi, March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
34. The bodies of men that hospital officials said were troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and killed during Saturday's fighting lie in a morgue in the northeastern city of Benghazi, March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
35. Vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi explode after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
36. Rebel fighters gesture in front of a burning vehicle belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
37. A pilot stands on a Canadian CF-18A fighter at the Birgi NATO Airbase in Trapani in the southern Italian island of Sicily March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defenses and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
38. Naval Air Crewman 2nd Class Jordan Orr, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, checks the mount for a GAL-21 machine gun on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter in this handout image from March 19, 2011 on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in preparation for Operation Odyssey Dawn missions. U.S. and allied forces have effectively established a no-fly zone over Libya and halted an offensive by Muammar Gaddafi against rebels in Benghazi, the top U.S. military officer said on March 20, 2011. Photo taken March 19. REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman-US Navy/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
39. Aviation Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Joseph Fremen, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, calibrates the forward looking infrared (FLIR) system of a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter in this handout image from March 19, 2011 on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge supporting Operation Odyssey Dawn. U.S. and allied forces have effectively established a no-fly zone over Libya and halted an offensive by Muammar Gaddafi against rebels in Benghazi, the top U.S. military officer said on March 20, 2011. Photo taken March 19. REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman-US NAVY/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
40. Cpl. Sean Moberly, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit runs preflight checks on an AV-8B Harrier March 19, 2011 on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in preparation for Operation Odyssey Dawn missions. U.S. and allied forces have effectively established a no-fly zone over Libya and halted an offensive by Muammar Gaddafi against rebels in Benghazi, the top U.S. military officer said on March 20, 2011. Photo taken March 19. REUTERS/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman-US NAVY/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
41. Ground crew transport weapons for an Italian F-16 Fighting Falcon at the Birgi NATO Airbase in Trapani in the southern Italian island of Sicily March 20, 2011. Italy has deployed dozens of combat aircraft at its base at Trapani, in western Sicily in readiness for possible involvement in airstrikes on Libya. Eight jets have been assigned to the coalition command and are ready to take part in operations immediately, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said on Sunday. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
42. A Royal Air Force air-to-air refuelling VC10 aircraft takes off at RAF Brize Norton in central England in this photograph dated March 19, 2011 and received in London on March 20, 2011. British warplanes targeted Libya's air defence systems in overnight raids concentrated mainly around the capital, Tripoli, the defence ministry said on Sunday. REUTERS/Crown Copyright/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
43. People celebrate atop a destroyed tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
44. An RAF Tornado GR4 aircraft flies alongside an air-to-air refuelling aircraft during raids on Libya, in this photograph dated March 19, 2011 and received in London on March 20, 2011. British warplanes targeted Libya's air defence systems in overnight raids concentrated mainly around the capital, Tripoli, the defence ministry said on Sunday. REUTERS/Crown Copyright/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
45. Rebels celebrate on a street in Benghazi March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
46. People celebrate atop a destroyed tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
47. The head of a goat is hung on the muzzle of a destroyed tank, belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, after an air strike by coalition forces along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
48. A man looks at a destroyed tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
49. A man looks at a destroyed tank belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
50. Rebels collect weapons belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
51. British Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon jets fly over the Gioia del Colle NATO Airbase in southern Italy March 20, 2011. European and U.S. forces have unleashed warplanes and cruise missiles against Libyan targets under a U.N. Security Council resolution authorising military action to protect civilians from leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
52. Libyans mourn during the funeral of the people who were killed after air strikes by coalition forces, at the martyrs' cemetery in Tripoli March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
53. A rebel fighter gestures in front of burning vehicles belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011. Libyan rebels moved their forces near Ajdabiyah on Sunday after Western air strikes devastated Gaddafi's forces on a road leading up to the strategic eastern Libyan town. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
54. An Italian Eurofighter EF-2000 Typhoon lands at the Birgi NATO Airbase in Trapani in the southern Italian island of Sicily March 20, 2011. Italy has deployed dozens of combat aircraft at its base at Trapani, in western Sicily in readiness for possible involvement in airstrikes on Libya. Eight jets have been assigned to the coalition command and are ready to take part in operations immediately, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said on Sunday. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
55. Libyans mourn during the funeral of the people who were killed after air strikes by coalition forces, at the martyrs' cemetery in Tripoli March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
56. People look at destroyed tanks belonging to forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah March 20, 2011.Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
57. A rebel fighter moves across an intersection during a night time gun battle in downtown Benghazi, March 20, 2011. Sporadic explosions and heavy gunfire broke out in central Benghazi at around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) and lasted about 40 minutes, a Reuters witness reported from the city. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
58. An aerial view of the French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle, seen in this photo released on March 20, 2011 by French Defence communication and audiovisual production agency, after leaving the naval base of Toulon March on 20, 2011. The carrier, carrying a crew of around 1,800 and some 20 aircraft, was accompanied by an attack submarine, several frigates and a refuelling ship defence officials said. REUTERS/ECPAD/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
59. French Air Force Mirage jets, seen in this photo released March 20, 2011 by ECPAD (French Defence communication and audiovisual production agency), taxi on the runway upon their return from flight missions over Libya at the Solenzara military base in Corsica March 20, 2011. REUTERS/ECPAD/HO
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
60. Libyan army fire anti-aircraft missiles during air strikes by coalition forces in Tripoli March 20, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
61. Supporters of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi show pieces of shrapnel from what the government said was a western missile attack on a building inside Bab Al-Aziziyah, Gaddafi's heavily fortified Tripoli compound March 21, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. The sign reads, Long live the leader! REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
62. One of three Air Force Global Strike Command B-2 Spirit bombers returns to home base at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, March 20, 2011 after striking targets in support of the international response which is enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya. The B-2s landed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri after a more than 25-hour mission in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The bombers employed 45 guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions, each weighing 2,000 pounds, against hardened aircraft shelters in Libya. REUTERS/Kenny Holston/U.S. Air Force photo/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
63. Libyan army soldiers stand on a building, destroyed in what the government said was a western missile attack, inside Bab Al-Aziziyah, Gaddafi's heavily fortified Tripoli compound March 21, 2011. Western forces pounded Libya's air defences and patrolled its skies on Sunday, but their day-old intervention hit a serious diplomatic setback as the Arab League chief condemned the bombardment of civilians. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
64. A Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon aircraft takes off from RAF Coningsby in eastern England, to take part in the UN resolution to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya, in this undated handout photograph received in London on March 21, 2011. Western powers launched a second wave of air strikes on Libya early on Monday after halting the advance of Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Benghazi and targeting air defences to let their planes patrol the skies. REUTERS/Pete Mobbs/Crown Copyright/Handout
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
65. A Spanish F-18 jet fighter plane is parked at the NATO airbase of Decimomannu, in the southern Italian island of Sardinia, March 20, 2011. NATO ambassadors approved an operations plan for the alliance to help enforce a U.N. arms embargo on Libya on Sunday, a NATO statement said. REUTERS/Stringer
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
66. A rebel guards in a street in Benghazi March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
67. A member of the Spanish ground crew stands near an F-18 jet fighter plane at the NATO airbase of Decimomannu, in the southern Italian island of Sardinia, March 20, 2011. NATO ambassadors approved an operations plan for the alliance to help enforce a U.N. arms embargo on Libya on Sunday, a NATO statement said. Picture taken on March 20, 2011.
REUTERS/Stringer
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
68. Youths supporting the Greek Communist party burn a European Union flag during a rally against the attacks on Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi's air defences by Western-led forces, in Athens March 21,2011. Western forces launched air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's forces around Ajdabiyah and rebels advanced in an effort to retake the strategic town. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
69. Members of ultra left wing political organisations attempt to destroy a U.S. flag during a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Kiev March 21, 2011. Participants met to protest the U.S. role in coalition air strikes on Libya. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
70. One of Norwegian F-16 jet fighters takes off from Bodoe in northern Norway, March 21, 2011, en route to Sicily, Italy, from where they may be deployed in order to help enforce the recent UN Security Council resolution establishing a no-fly zone above Libya. REUTERS/Scanpix/RNoAF/Trond Hoeyvik
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
71. Rebel fighters sit at a check point along a Benghazi-Ajdabiyah road near Ajdabiyah March 21, 2011. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn
72. Seen through night-vision lenses aboard amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15), guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) fires Tomahawk cruise missiles in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn in the Mediterranean Sea on March 19, 2011 and released to Reuters on Saturday. This was one of approximately 110 cruise missiles fired from U.S. and British ships and submarines that targeted about 20 radar and anti-aircraft sites along Libya's Mediterranean coast. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. REUTERS/Nathanael Miller/U.S. Navy photo/Handout

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