WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The coalition enforcing a U.N.-backed no-fly zone over Libya fired 14 Tomahawk missiles at the forces of leader Muammar Gaddafi overnight, the U.S. military said today.
A spokesman for U.S. Africa Command in Germany said coalition countries also dropped bombs on targets in Libya, where Gaddafi remains defiant as the international military campaign that began last week intensifies. The spokesman said the number of bombs dropped had not yet been tallied. [ID:nLDE72N006]
ABC News reported today that a French fighter jet shot down a Libyan warplane over the city of Misrata in the first violation of the no-fly zone.
Since the U.S.-led military coalition began establishing the no-fly zone last week, it has fired more than 175 Tomahawk missiles at Libya in an effort to suppress Gaddafi’s air defenses and limit his ability to respond to jets patrolling the country skies.
