{"id":394160,"date":"2011-04-24T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T12:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/24\/second-predator-strike-recorded-in-libya\/"},"modified":"2011-04-24T12:46:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T12:46:20","slug":"second-predator-strike-recorded-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/24\/second-predator-strike-recorded-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Second predator strike recorded in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"70.5\">\n<div readability=\"36\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least two drone strikes have been confirmed in Libya<\/li>\n<li>The latest struck an anti-aircraft system in Tripoli<\/li>\n<li>The first hit a multiple rocket launcher in Misrata<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>(CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; An unmanned predator drone struck a Libyan anti-aircraft system in Tripoli sometime Sunday or late Saturday, a NATO spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman on Sunday said that the drone hit an SA-8 anti-aircraft system sometime in the past 24 hours, confirming the second such strike by NATO forces.<\/p>\n<p>The United States on Saturday confirmed a predator strike, which happened Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping with U.S. practice not to comment on drone strikes, the Pentagon offered no other information.<\/p>\n<p>According to a NATO news release, the first strike destroyed a multiple rocket launcher belonging to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi&#8217;s regime in the vicinity of Misrata. The rocket launcher had been used against civilians, NATO said.<\/p>\n<p>The unmanned predator drones are the latest technology to be used in Libya as NATO carries out a U.N.-backed mission there to protect civilians and enforce a no-fly zone.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has used such drones in other conflict zones, such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. They are designed to carry out precision bombings, and can also be used to collect intelligence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN&#8217;s Barbara Starr contributed to this report.<\/strong><\/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>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/edition_africa\/~3\/j-8CLSv43cU\/index.html\" title=\"Second predator strike recorded in Libya\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second predator strike recorded in Libya<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> STORY HIGHLIGHTS At least two drone strikes have been confirmed in Libya The latest struck an anti-aircraft system in Tripoli The first hit a multiple rocket launcher in Misrata (CNN) &#8212; An unmanned predator drone struck a Libyan anti-aircraft system in Tripoli sometime Sunday or late Saturday, a NATO spokesman said. The spokesman on Sunday said that the drone hit an SA-8 anti-aircraft system sometime in the past 24 hours, confirming the second such strike by NATO forces. The United States on Saturday confirmed a predator strike, which happened Saturday afternoon. <\/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-394160","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>Second predator strike recorded in Libya - 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\/24\/second-predator-strike-recorded-in-libya\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Second predator strike recorded in Libya - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"STORY HIGHLIGHTS At least two drone strikes have been confirmed in Libya The latest struck an anti-aircraft system in Tripoli The first hit a multiple rocket launcher in Misrata (CNN) -- An unmanned predator drone struck a Libyan anti-aircraft system in Tripoli sometime Sunday or late Saturday, a NATO spokesman said. 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