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Libya: NATO raids on Sirte and Al-Hira
[Ennahar] Sirte, the hometown of Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy,... a proud Arab institution for 42 years ... and Al-Hira south-west of Tripoli, were the targets Saturday in air strikes by NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the style of the American pants... , reported the official Libyan agency Jana. Raids by "colonialist aggressors crusaders have targeted Saturday morning Sirte, a coastal city of about 120,000 inhabitants located 600 km east of Tripoli, the agency said, without giving details on the targets. The city had already been the target of raids Friday, according to Jana. In the afternoon, the agency said that Al-Hira, 50 km southwest of Tripoli, was also targeted by NATO raids, without giving further details. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-17 |
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