French warplanes have reportedly launched an all-out attack on the Libyan territories as violence continues to haunt the North African country.
Around 20 French aircraft bombed the positions of forces loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
A statement by the French Army says that a military vehicle belonging to Gaddafi forces has been targeted, AFP reported.
Meanwhile, witnesses were quoted by Al-Jazeera as saying that four Libyan tanks have also been destroyed by French warplanes.
The attack comes hours after French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Paris would lead an attack on Libyan territories in a bid to protect the civilian population.
The remarks followed a meeting between world leaders in Paris in which they discussed military action against Libya.
American, European and Arab leaders were present at the meeting.
Earlier in the day Colonel Gaddafi intensified attacks on the eastern city of Benghazi, killing more than two dozen revolutionaries.
The regime's troops also downed an aircraft operated by revolutionary forces.
1. The first shots have been fired in Libya by French military jets enforcing the no-fly zone voted for by the UN
2. French aircraft are preventing forces loyal to Libyan leader Col Gaddafi from attacking the rebel-held city of Benghazi, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says after a meeting of world leaders in Paris
3. French aircraft also flew over "all Libyan territory" on reconnaissance missions, according to French military sources
4. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tells journalists he believed British, French and Canadian aircraft would launch the first airstrikes, a BBC correspondent reports
5. Earlier, Pro-Gaddafi forces launched an assault on Benghazi, a BBC journalist witnessed. A jet appears to have been shot down over the city
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Sarkozy is only doing this because Gadafi gave money to his presidential campaign and in search of Oil.
Hipocrisy, I hope US don't get involved on this Obama
they allready have, hilary says France + The Uk have their full support and are sending their resoruces over now.
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Within hours, Clinton and the aides had convinced Obama that the US had to act, and the president ordered up military plans, which Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hand-delivered to the White House the next day. On Thursday, during an hour-and-a-half meeting, Obama signed off on allowing American pilots to join Europeans and Arabs in military strikes against the Libyan government.
oh my, dude! this gif made my day!
Obama 