After 10 days of families and random individuals not involved with the uprising, being attacked and sometimes killed by the Libyan Army, help is on the way!
Early Saturday morning, the Libyan Army attacked Benghazi and any buildings/homes that they came across. It was so bad, that the rebels scrambled one of the few fighter jets that they possessed. Unfortunately, it flew over the city, and with the same markings as the Libyan Air Force, was reportedly shot down by rebels. Hours later, Mirage F1 fighter planes launched out of France, attacked the Libyan army column and they pulled back. The jet fighters reportedly destroyed 4 tanks, and the rebels were able to capture 2 tanks.
After it was clear Qaddafi was not going to pull back his army from east Libya, 2 U.S. destroyers--2 U.S. submarines--1 U.K. submarine launched over 110 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles at air defense systems along the coast of Libya.
When this process was over, the U.K. launched Tornado GR4 attack jets over Libya. They were reportedly taking out additional targets at the old U.S. air-base on the east outskirts of Tripoli and the Libyan air-base near Misurata. They use Storm Shadow Missiles, that can be fired from up to 200 miles away from their target.
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