First US drone strike in Libya

FE Team | Published: April 24, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Apr 23 (AFP): The United States carried out its first drone strike in Libya on Saturday, the Pentagon said, two days after approving the use of pilotless aircraft to aid rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's forces. "The first Predator strike in Libya occurred today in the early afternoon," a US military press spokesman said in a statement sent to AFP. But he said there would be no further information about the target or where the strike occurred. "Per common practice we are not providing any details," the spokesman added. US President Barack Obama on Thursday authorised the use of missile-carrying drones in Libya for what his administration called "humanitarian" reasons.