LIBYA: NATO airstrike hits boat docked in Tripoli port

Record ID: 339084

  • Title: LIBYA: NATO airstrike hits boat docked in Tripoli port
  • Date: 20th May 2011
  • Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (MAY 20, 2011) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) CENTRAL TRIPOLI / PORT BOAT IN FLAMES AFTER AIRSTRIKE CLOSE OF BOAT ON FLAMES FIRE ENGINE WITH SIREN WAILING DRIVING THROUGH STREET MORE OF BOAT ON FIRE
  • Embargoed: 4th June 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: War / Fighting
  • Reuters ID: LVA8WESGJMNUZGWTYHPYHUZ4O9A2
  • Story Text: A NATO airstrike hit a boat in Tripoli's port in the late hours of Thursday (May 19), a Libyan official said.
    Journalists were taken by officials from Libya's information ministry early on Friday (May 20) to film a burning boat from distance.
    NATO is enforcing UN resolution 1973 that calls for a no-fly zone and the protection of Libyan civilians from Muammar Gaddafi's forces who have sought to crush a rebellion calling for political freedoms and an end to his four decade rule.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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