Allies launch Libya force as Gadhafi hits rebels

Sunday, March 20, 2011

BENGHAZI, Libya -- French fighter jets fired the first shots at Moammar Gadhafi's troops, and the U.S. military launched a missile attack against Libya's air defenses Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war in support of an uprising that had seemed on the verge of defeat.

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