{"id":336069,"date":"2011-03-24T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T18:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/24\/libya-fighter-reportedly-shot-down-by-french\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T18:24:13","slug":"libya-fighter-reportedly-shot-down-by-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/libya-fighter-reportedly-shot-down-by-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya: Fighter Reportedly Shot Down by French"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"33.4030552291\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7305b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>24 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>A Libyan military aircraft was shot down in Mistrata by a French fighter jet on Thursday, an American official told the AFP news agency, confirming an earlier report on American television.<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances of the attack are still unknown, but the G-2 Galeb appeared to have been shot down during the landing process, says the official.<\/p>\n<p>If the aircraft was taken down in flight, it will become the first Libyan plane to be assaulted since the no-fly zone was enacted on 17 March by the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>The Security Council authorised all necessary measures, excluding troops on the ground, to protect civilians under threat of attack in Libya.<\/p>\n<p>France has approximately 20 fighter planes deployed to the North African country, including Rafale warplanes.<\/p>\n<p><i><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110324-libyan-plane-shot-down-french-fighter-jet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103241046.html\" title=\"Libya: Fighter Reportedly Shot Down by French\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libya: Fighter Reportedly Shot Down by French<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 24 March 2011 A Libyan military aircraft was shot down in Mistrata by a French fighter jet on Thursday, an American official told the AFP news agency, confirming an earlier report on American television. The circumstances of the attack are still unknown, but the G-2 Galeb appeared to have been shot down during the landing process, says the official. If the aircraft was taken down in flight, it will become the first Libyan plane to be assaulted since the no-fly zone was enacted on 17 March by the UN Security Council. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-336069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Libya: Fighter Reportedly Shot Down by French - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/libya-fighter-reportedly-shot-down-by-french\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Libya: Fighter Reportedly Shot Down by French - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"24 March 2011 A Libyan military aircraft was shot down in Mistrata by a French fighter jet on Thursday, an American official told the AFP news agency, confirming an earlier report on American television. 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