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Libya, further air raids against rebels in Ras Lanuf

Benghazi, Libya - Frattini: unlikely the employ of Italian airplanes in Libyan soil, but not the concession of military bases

"AFP", "Agence France Presse", reports that this morning Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has ordered further air strikes against the rebels. This time, the Libyan fighters struck the area of Ras Lanuf, in the East of the Country. The city, where is located a major oil terminal, has been for days the theatre of fights, as well as Bin Jawad, a village on the border between Tripolitania and Cyrenaica,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126628
Rome, Italy, 03/07/2011 14:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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