No-fly Zone is just a joke and this jet was shot down not by Obama but by the revolutionaries in Benghazi
Libyan leadership declares ceasefire after UN resolution and Obama ultimatum but fighting continues
Ewen MacAskill in Washington, Patrick Wintour, Ian Black in Tripoli, Nicholas Watt and agencies
The Guardian, Saturday 19 March 2011
"A fighter plane has been shot down and plunged into Benghazi after a night of large explosions and shelling in and around the Libyan rebel stronghold. Fighting has continued despite the regime declaring a ceasefire under threat of UN-backed air strikes.
TV footage and photographs showed the fighter passing over, then bursting into flames and coming down with the pilot apparently ejecting. Reporters in the area confirmed the crash.
There are accounts of troops entering Benghazi and the rebels putting up barricades....
In an attempt to reassure Middle East opinion and his own domestic audience, Obama said the US would help to co-ordinate a no-fly-zone but not lead an operation that will include French, British and Arab jets....."
Ewen MacAskill in Washington, Patrick Wintour, Ian Black in Tripoli, Nicholas Watt and agencies
The Guardian, Saturday 19 March 2011
"A fighter plane has been shot down and plunged into Benghazi after a night of large explosions and shelling in and around the Libyan rebel stronghold. Fighting has continued despite the regime declaring a ceasefire under threat of UN-backed air strikes.
TV footage and photographs showed the fighter passing over, then bursting into flames and coming down with the pilot apparently ejecting. Reporters in the area confirmed the crash.
There are accounts of troops entering Benghazi and the rebels putting up barricades....
In an attempt to reassure Middle East opinion and his own domestic audience, Obama said the US would help to co-ordinate a no-fly-zone but not lead an operation that will include French, British and Arab jets....."
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