Category: NATOSource

Italy commits 4 Tornado jets for NATO air strikes in Libya

By Alessandra Rizzo, the AP

From Alessandra Rizzo, the AP:  Italy has put four jets at NATO’s disposal for airstrikes against military targets in Libya as part of a stepped-up role in the military campaign against Moammar Gadhafi’s forces

NATO jets stop attack on Misrata

By Ben Hubbard, the AP

From Ben Hubbard, the AP:  NATO warplanes pounded forces loyal to Libyan leader Moaamar Gadhafi attacking the rebel-held city of Misrata, blasting fighting vehicles advancing on the port that serves as the besieged city’s sole lifeline

Spread of Arab revolts challenges Donilon’s lack of foreign policy experience

By David Ignatius, the Washington Post

US officials: Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

By Anne Gearan and Kimberly Dozier, the AP

From Anne Gearan and Kimberly Dozier, the AP:  President Barack Obama plans to name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next secretary of defense and move Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, into the CIA chief’s job

Update: NATO activities in Libya on April 26

By NATO

How Libya revealed the huge gap between U.S. and European military might

By Lawrence F. Kaplan, the New Republic

From Lawrence F. Kaplan, the New Republic:  In 1992, the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jacques Poos, declared that “the hour of Europe” had arrived.

Turkey: Bosnia and Serbia should join NATO, EU

By Jovana Gec, the AP

From Jovana Gec, the AP:  Turkey wants to help turn the war-ravaged Balkans into a region of cooperation with a joint future in the European Union and NATO, the Turkish president said Tuesday

Liam Fox: “we’ve taken the side of the civilian population”

By the U.S. Department of Defense

From the U.S. Department of Defense:   The sooner that Colonel Gadhafi recognizes that the game is up, however, today or shortly, the better.

NATO Says It Is Broadening Attacks on Libya Targets

By Thom Shanker, the New York Times

European mercenaries fighting for Gaddafi, expert says

By Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver

From Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver:  Between 300 and 500 European soldiers of fortune, including EU nationals, are working for Colonel Gaddafi in Libya, a leading criminologist has said.