{"id":386840,"date":"2011-04-21T19:51:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T19:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/21\/gates-u-s-to-use-predator-drones-in-libya\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T19:51:14","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T19:51:14","slug":"gates-u-s-to-use-predator-drones-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/gates-u-s-to-use-predator-drones-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Gates: U.S. to use Predator drones in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"59.5\">\n<div readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Washington (CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Gates told CNN the unmanned Predators would allow for &#8220;some precision capability&#8221; against longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi&#8217;s forces, and will offer a &#8220;modest contribution&#8221; to NATO efforts to support Libyan rebels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/c5ecfooter_google.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/yTNRSo0GoCM\/index.html\" title=\"Gates: U.S. to use Predator drones in Libya\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gates: U.S. to use Predator drones in Libya<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Washington (CNN) &#8212; President Barack Obama has approved the use of armed Predator drones in Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. 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