Libya campaign 'close to the end'

Nato is said to be considering ending its bombing campaign in Libya.

Tue, 18 Oct, 2011 - 21:21

Nato is said to be considering ending its bombing campaign in Libya.

The North Atlantic Council, Nato’s top decision-making body, is rumoured to be considering declaring an end to the seven-month-old Libyan operation when it meets tomorrow.

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Courts Libya Place: Libya Place: Afghanistan Person: Carmen Romero Person: Muammar Gaddafi Person: Romero Organisation: Nato Organisation: North Atlantic Council Organisation: France Organisation: Britain

<p>The U.S. military said it killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday (December 4). “Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed,” the U.S. military said in a statement on X. U.S. Southern Command released a 21-second-long video showing the boat being struck. The video appeared to show the boat being hit and erupting in flames in international waters. Screengrab od video supplied by Reuters.</p>

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