From Courtney Kube and Jim Miklaszewski, MSNBC: The United States stepped up its military assistance to the NATO mission in Libya slightly this week, sending in two additional Predator drones to fly combat air patrols, a senior defense official told NBC News.
The unarmed Predators arrived in the region Monday and flew their first surveillance mission over Libya on Tuesday. . . .
Just six weeks before the Sept. 27 mandated end date for the NATO
“We have no indication” that he will step down any time soon, a senior defense official said, adding that if the political objectives set for the NATO mission are not fulfilled before that date, “it will have to be extended.” (photo: General Atomics)
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