Western warplanes, missiles batter Libyan targets

20.03.2011                      14.Adar ll, 5771                       Purim

Libyen:

Western warplanes, missiles batter Libyan targets

Satellites closely monitoring Gaddafi's Mustard Gas stores; 48 killed, 150 wounded in air strikes, state TV says; French planes, US and UK navies take out Libyan air defenses, tanks and air bases.

Western forces hit targets along the Libyan coast on Saturday, using strikes from air and sea to force Muammar Gaddafi's troops to cease fire and end attacks on civilians.
Libyan state television said 48 people had been killed and 150 wounded in the allied air strikes. It also said there had been a fresh wave of strikes on Tripoli early on Sunday….