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| English.news.cn 2011-03-24 19:55:16 |  Feedback  Print RSS  |
PARIS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The French airforce struck a Libyan air base before sunrise Thursday, a military spokesman told a media conference.
The overnight strikes targeted a base about 250 kilometers south of the Libyan coastline, French general staff spokesman Thierry Burkhard said.
The air raids were conducted by Rafale and Mirage 2000-D fighter jets, he said, but didn't give a specific location of the air base.
He also refused to disclose the damage inflicted on the air base, saying it was confidential.
France was the initiator of the international military intervention in Libya and claims to have destroyed more than 10 armoured vehicles belonging to Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said early Thursday morning the coalition operation would continue but it wouldn't last long. "A necessary period" could be days or weeks longer, but not months, Juppe said in a interview with a local radio station.
(source:http://news.xinhuanet.com)
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