- A French fighter jet on Saturday made their first air raid against Libya in a "pro-Gaddafi vehicle," said the General Staff of the Armed Forces, hours after an international summit to define the military apparatus against the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi . A French unit on Saturday fired on a vehicle "clearly identified as belonging to the pro-Gaddafi," said the spokesman of the Armed Forces, Thierry Bruckhard.
It was "an enemy vehicle that threatened the civilian population," he added. Previously, the same spokesman had stated that "at 17:45 local (16:45 GMT) fired a shot at a vehicle of the forces" of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. That attack was the first French aircraft pursuant to UN resolution 1973, adopted on Thursday after protracted negotiations, which authorizes the use of force against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to protect civilians.
French planes flew over Libyan territory on Saturday to prevent "air strikes" of the military regime of Gaddafi over Benghazi, a stronghold of the insurgency in the east, had anticipated hours before French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the end of the summit chaired in Paris. The Chirac warned that these devices were "ready to intervene against armored vehicles." Meanwhile, from Brazil, the U.S.
president, Barack Obama, said his country and its allies are prepared to act swiftly to stop violence against civilians in Libya. "The Libyan people must be protected and in the absence of an immediate end to violence against civilians, our coalition is prepared to act, and act with urgency, "Obama said on the first day of his tour of three Latin American countries. 
It was "an enemy vehicle that threatened the civilian population," he added. Previously, the same spokesman had stated that "at 17:45 local (16:45 GMT) fired a shot at a vehicle of the forces" of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. That attack was the first French aircraft pursuant to UN resolution 1973, adopted on Thursday after protracted negotiations, which authorizes the use of force against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to protect civilians.
French planes flew over Libyan territory on Saturday to prevent "air strikes" of the military regime of Gaddafi over Benghazi, a stronghold of the insurgency in the east, had anticipated hours before French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the end of the summit chaired in Paris. The Chirac warned that these devices were "ready to intervene against armored vehicles." Meanwhile, from Brazil, the U.S.
president, Barack Obama, said his country and its allies are prepared to act swiftly to stop violence against civilians in Libya. "The Libyan people must be protected and in the absence of an immediate end to violence against civilians, our coalition is prepared to act, and act with urgency, "Obama said on the first day of his tour of three Latin American countries.
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