WAR STARTED - Libya

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US Air Force Global Strike Command B-2 Spirit bomber returns to home base at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri after attacking Gaddafi targets

It was a 25 hour mission
 

Nisala88

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    (All times are local in Libya GMT+2)

    4:01pm
    There are reports of heavy shelling by pro-Gaddafi troops in western city of Zintan.

    3:45pm
    Jacob Zuma, the South African president, said on Monday that his country does not support "the regime change doctrine" in Libya, and called for restraint from foreign countries enforcing a no-fly zone.

    Zuma said:

    As South Africa we say no to the killing of civilians, no to the regime change doctrine and no to the foreign occupation of Libya,", one of five heads of state on a high-level African Union panel on Libya.

    3:30pm
    European Union foreign minister are meeting in Brussels to discuss ongoing situation in Libya.
     

    Nisala88

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    US Africa Command (AFRICOM), which is overseeing American efforts in Libya, has released a statement on the downed F-15:

    Two crew members ejected from their U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle when the aircraft experienced equipment malfunction over northeast Libya, March 21, 2011 at approximately 10:30 p.m. CET.

    Both crew members ejected and are safe.

    The aircraft, based out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, was flying out of Aviano Air Base in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn at the time of the incident.

    The cause of the incident is under investigation.

    The identities will be released after the next of kin have been notified.