ROME - rain of missiles on Libya from the sky and the sea. E 'taken "Operation Dawn Odyssey", to which when France, Britain and the United States. Italy and Canada, the other two members of the international coalition, have not yet taken an active part in the raid. But Italy is providing important logistical support through the provision of the coalition of seven military bases.
The raid began in the late afternoon (Italian time) with the first bombing by French fighter. Then I spoke English and Americans. According to Pentagon sources, are at least 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched in the evening on a score of sensitive targets of the Colonel: antiaircraft batteries and fuel depots.
A few hours after the start of operations, Muammar Gaddafi has charged the state television, an audio message in which he threatened the Western coalition, "North Africa and the Mediterranean are a battlefield," he said. "We shall strike military objectives and civilians." The Libyan TV talks about "attacks of the Crusaders" while thousands of Libyans offered themselves as human shields around the bunker of Colonel in Tripoli.
Summit in Paris, then the raid. The first missiles against government forces them French jets launched at 17:45: centered in the middle of the targets, four tanks of Gaddafi. A bomb exploded Tobruk uncontrolled joy of the insurgents who followed up a giant screen the live satellite television Al Jazeera.
"Finally, France has given hope to the Libyan people," said a spokesman for the transitional government of the insurgents. The go-ahead to a military attack has come from the Paris summit with UN, EU, U.S. and Arab countries, which gave the green light to chase the international coalition to impose by force the compliance of Resolution 1973 of UN Security Council which provides a no-fly zone strengthened against the troops of Gaddafi and the immediate ceasefire to protect civilians.
The first aircraft to reach space Libyan aircraft were fighters of Paris, who anticipated a few hours the U.S. Tomahawk and British jets. Shortly after noon, five French aircraft had taken off from the base of Saint-Dizier on a reconnaissance mission over the territory of Libya. Four fighter-bombers, two Rafale (Barrage), two Mirage, and an AWACS radar plane flew over Libya, preventing air strikes against the forces of Gaddafi Benghazi, "said French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced at the end of the emergency summit in Paris.
Sarkozy had given a last chance to Colonel to avoid military attack. "Gaddafi is still time to avoid the worst, if it respects without delay and without reserve," the resolution of the UN Security Council, said the French president. In response, the Libyan Rais sent a threatening letter to Sarkozy, Cameron and Ban Ki-Moon.
"If we intervene in our internal affairs regret it," wrote the Colonel. "The time is over, Gaddafi is not listened to us," Sarkozy replied. "Our determination is total. Everyone is put in front of their responsibilities," added the French president. Whose words were echoed by the EU president, Herman van Rompuy, "we can no longer attend the massacres in Libya remain with folded arms." From Brasilia, where he is on a state visit, Barack Obama said that "the Libyan civilian population must be protected." "In Paris there was a strong consensus, we are ready to act with urgency," said the American president who has deployed ships and submarines in the Mediterranean to strike anti-aircraft emplacements of Gaddafi.
Hillary Clinton said the purpose of the mission do not want to overthrow Gaddafi, our goal is to protect civilians and allow humanitarian access. Positions not shared by Russia, the Moscow government, in a statement, condemned what he called "foreign intervention" in Libya. Gaddafi's threat: "Strike civilians." And while the Libyan state television denounced the first civilian victims of the attacks, in an audio message to the dictator openly threatens the West, "North Africa and the Mediterranean are a battleground," said the Colonel, "to strike military objectives and civilians" .
Gaddafi has described the operation being a "crusader attack" and called on the African peoples, Arabs, Latin Americans and Asians to join the Libyans against the enemy. "The stores will be open to the people in arms to defend themselves," he added. Gaddafi does not appear in public for 48 hours and it is unclear where they hide.
Before Saddam spoke, state television announced the killing of a hunt by French anti-Libyan at Tripoli. A fact that was denied by the staff of Paris. While thousands of Libyans were placed around the bunker Gaddafi in Tripoli as human shields, the Colonel's supporters have gathered "spontaneously" on the military targets around Tripoli.
According to media Libyan officials was also bombed Sirte, Gaddafi's home town. Always the Libyan state television, which then refers the fuel reserves that feed the measure have been bombarded by Western forces, referring indirectly to the possible environmental disasters that would be triggered by the explosion of oil facilities in Ras Lanuf like Tobruk or Marsa el Brega.
Saddam Hussein style a drastic measure that excludes no one more in the coming hours. La Russa: "Ready to take action," but there is Bossi. Berlusconi announced that Italy at the moment only available to military bases, but added that if necessary will also participate in air raids. Speaking at the Paris Summit, the Prime Minister has also proposed Naples as a center for coordinating military operations against the Colonel and assured that there is no danger of retaliatory missile to Italy.
"The armed forces must ensure that the Libyan missiles have a range insufficient," he explained. The Defence Minister, Ignazio La Russa, then announced that our aircraft are ready to go in 15 minutes. And Frattini, foreign minister, confirmed the Italian willingness to participate fully in military action in Libya.
Berlusconi has been disproved by the "allies": "The General Headquarters is in Germany." For its part, the leader of the Northern League, Umberto Bossi, very critical, said this evening: "There are ministers who talk nonsense. And the government decisions have not been met. Now we risk losing oil and gas and to be invaded by millions of refugees.
Sometimes the real courage is caution, risk taking in that place if it continues like this. " And the Libyan crisis also threatens to spill over into the existing crisis within the governing majority in Italy. 
The raid began in the late afternoon (Italian time) with the first bombing by French fighter. Then I spoke English and Americans. According to Pentagon sources, are at least 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles launched in the evening on a score of sensitive targets of the Colonel: antiaircraft batteries and fuel depots.
A few hours after the start of operations, Muammar Gaddafi has charged the state television, an audio message in which he threatened the Western coalition, "North Africa and the Mediterranean are a battlefield," he said. "We shall strike military objectives and civilians." The Libyan TV talks about "attacks of the Crusaders" while thousands of Libyans offered themselves as human shields around the bunker of Colonel in Tripoli.
Summit in Paris, then the raid. The first missiles against government forces them French jets launched at 17:45: centered in the middle of the targets, four tanks of Gaddafi. A bomb exploded Tobruk uncontrolled joy of the insurgents who followed up a giant screen the live satellite television Al Jazeera.
"Finally, France has given hope to the Libyan people," said a spokesman for the transitional government of the insurgents. The go-ahead to a military attack has come from the Paris summit with UN, EU, U.S. and Arab countries, which gave the green light to chase the international coalition to impose by force the compliance of Resolution 1973 of UN Security Council which provides a no-fly zone strengthened against the troops of Gaddafi and the immediate ceasefire to protect civilians.
The first aircraft to reach space Libyan aircraft were fighters of Paris, who anticipated a few hours the U.S. Tomahawk and British jets. Shortly after noon, five French aircraft had taken off from the base of Saint-Dizier on a reconnaissance mission over the territory of Libya. Four fighter-bombers, two Rafale (Barrage), two Mirage, and an AWACS radar plane flew over Libya, preventing air strikes against the forces of Gaddafi Benghazi, "said French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced at the end of the emergency summit in Paris.
Sarkozy had given a last chance to Colonel to avoid military attack. "Gaddafi is still time to avoid the worst, if it respects without delay and without reserve," the resolution of the UN Security Council, said the French president. In response, the Libyan Rais sent a threatening letter to Sarkozy, Cameron and Ban Ki-Moon.
"If we intervene in our internal affairs regret it," wrote the Colonel. "The time is over, Gaddafi is not listened to us," Sarkozy replied. "Our determination is total. Everyone is put in front of their responsibilities," added the French president. Whose words were echoed by the EU president, Herman van Rompuy, "we can no longer attend the massacres in Libya remain with folded arms." From Brasilia, where he is on a state visit, Barack Obama said that "the Libyan civilian population must be protected." "In Paris there was a strong consensus, we are ready to act with urgency," said the American president who has deployed ships and submarines in the Mediterranean to strike anti-aircraft emplacements of Gaddafi.
Hillary Clinton said the purpose of the mission do not want to overthrow Gaddafi, our goal is to protect civilians and allow humanitarian access. Positions not shared by Russia, the Moscow government, in a statement, condemned what he called "foreign intervention" in Libya. Gaddafi's threat: "Strike civilians." And while the Libyan state television denounced the first civilian victims of the attacks, in an audio message to the dictator openly threatens the West, "North Africa and the Mediterranean are a battleground," said the Colonel, "to strike military objectives and civilians" .
Gaddafi has described the operation being a "crusader attack" and called on the African peoples, Arabs, Latin Americans and Asians to join the Libyans against the enemy. "The stores will be open to the people in arms to defend themselves," he added. Gaddafi does not appear in public for 48 hours and it is unclear where they hide.
Before Saddam spoke, state television announced the killing of a hunt by French anti-Libyan at Tripoli. A fact that was denied by the staff of Paris. While thousands of Libyans were placed around the bunker Gaddafi in Tripoli as human shields, the Colonel's supporters have gathered "spontaneously" on the military targets around Tripoli.
According to media Libyan officials was also bombed Sirte, Gaddafi's home town. Always the Libyan state television, which then refers the fuel reserves that feed the measure have been bombarded by Western forces, referring indirectly to the possible environmental disasters that would be triggered by the explosion of oil facilities in Ras Lanuf like Tobruk or Marsa el Brega.
Saddam Hussein style a drastic measure that excludes no one more in the coming hours. La Russa: "Ready to take action," but there is Bossi. Berlusconi announced that Italy at the moment only available to military bases, but added that if necessary will also participate in air raids. Speaking at the Paris Summit, the Prime Minister has also proposed Naples as a center for coordinating military operations against the Colonel and assured that there is no danger of retaliatory missile to Italy.
"The armed forces must ensure that the Libyan missiles have a range insufficient," he explained. The Defence Minister, Ignazio La Russa, then announced that our aircraft are ready to go in 15 minutes. And Frattini, foreign minister, confirmed the Italian willingness to participate fully in military action in Libya.
Berlusconi has been disproved by the "allies": "The General Headquarters is in Germany." For its part, the leader of the Northern League, Umberto Bossi, very critical, said this evening: "There are ministers who talk nonsense. And the government decisions have not been met. Now we risk losing oil and gas and to be invaded by millions of refugees.
Sometimes the real courage is caution, risk taking in that place if it continues like this. " And the Libyan crisis also threatens to spill over into the existing crisis within the governing majority in Italy.
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