{"id":391694,"date":"2011-04-23T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T14:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/23\/libya-first-u-s-drone-attack\/"},"modified":"2011-04-23T14:29:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T14:29:50","slug":"libya-first-u-s-drone-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/23\/libya-first-u-s-drone-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya: First U.S. Drone Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"22.265625\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><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\/04\/b8cerfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>23 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The US carried out its first drone strike on Libya on Saturday, the Pentagon said. Heavy fighting is taking place in Misrata after Moamer Kadhafi&#8217;s regime gave its army an ultimatum to win back the besieged port city.<\/p>\n<p>US officials refused to give details of the hit by the Predator drone but Nato claimed that the use of the unmanned aircraft, approved by President Barack Obama two days ago, will mean more precise targeting in populated areas.<\/p>\n<p>THE BATTLE FOR LIBYA<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The use of drones will make it easier to target Kadhafi forces in crowded urban areas,&#8221; an official said. &#8220;A vehicle like the Predator, that can get down lower and can get IDs, will better help us carrying out the mission with precision and care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The use of drones in Pakistan and Afghanistan has given rise to controversy, including accusations of civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<p>At least 10 people were killed and 50 wounded in street battles in Misrata after the army was ordered to seize the city following Nato air raids near a compound used by Kadhafi in Tripoli.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110423-first-us-drone-attack-libya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104230042.html\" title=\"Libya: First U.S. Drone Attack\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libya: First U.S. Drone Attack<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 23 April 2011 The US carried out its first drone strike on Libya on Saturday, the Pentagon said. Heavy fighting is taking place in Misrata after Moamer Kadhafi&#8217;s regime gave its army an ultimatum to win back the besieged port city. US officials refused to give details of the hit by the Predator drone but Nato claimed that the use of the unmanned aircraft, approved by President Barack Obama two days ago, will mean more precise targeting in populated areas. <\/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-391694","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: First U.S. Drone Attack - 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\/04\/23\/libya-first-u-s-drone-attack\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Libya: First U.S. Drone Attack - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"23 April 2011 The US carried out its first drone strike on Libya on Saturday, the Pentagon said. 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