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To: Brumar89 who wrote (417663)	3/20/2011 10:16:10 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 793917

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — After a barrage of attacks by sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles Saturday, an array of U.S. warplanes -- including several Air force B-2 stealth bombers -- followed in the pre-dawn hours Sunday with a coordinated assault using precision-guided bombs, according to a U.S. military official. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military missions, said the planes included Air Force F-15s and F-16s, Navy EA-18G electronic warfare planes and Marine attack jets. Navy EA-18G Growlers launched from unspecified land bases to provide electronic warfare support over Libya. Marine AV-8B Harriers from the USS Kearsarge sailing in the Mediterranean conducted strikes against Gadhafi's ground forces and air defenses. Muammar Gaddafi vowed a "long war" against the international military force that struck at his forces with airstrikes and dozens of cruise missiles that shook the Libyan capital early Sunday with the sound of explosions and anti-aircraft fire. In the capital of the rebel-held east, the Libyan leader's guns appeared to go silent. State television said 48 people died in the U.S. and European strikes, which marked the widest international military effort since the Iraq war and came as the rebels saw a month's worth of gains reversed by Gaddafi's overwhelming firepower. Rebels said the international strikes also hit an air force complex outside Misrata, the last rebel-held city in Libya's west. Gaddafi forces have bombarded the city from the complex, which houses a base and a military academy. In Benghazi, the rebel capital and first city to fall to the uprising that began Feb. 15, people said the strikes happened just in time. Libyan government tanks and troops had reached the edges of the city on Saturday.