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Who the hell comes UP with the names of miltary operations>

Operation Odyssey Dawn? Really?

Anyway: Al Jazeera reports that four journalists of their have been grabbed:

11:06pm

Four Al Jazeera journalists have been detained by Libyan authorities in the west of the country.

Lotfi al-Messaoudi (a Tunisian), Ahmed Vall Ould Addin (a Mauritanian), Ammar al-Hamdan (a Norwegian cameraman) and Kamel Atalua (British) were held while working in the west of the country.

Al Jazeera says that the Libyan authorities will be held accountable for the safety, security and well-being of the team, who are being held in Tripoli.

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10:17pm

A high-level African Union panel on the Libyan crisis has rejected "any kind of foreign military intervention" in Libya.

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10:12pm

The Pentagon says that the UAE and Qatar will also be involved in military operations in Libya, but will announce their involvement themselves.

The operation falls under the operational command of the US African Command, under General Carter Hamm. Tactical execution is being run out of the USS Mount Whitney, Admiral Sam Locklear commanding.

Off the coast of Libya, there are: 11 vessels from Italy, 11 from the US (including three submarines, each with 100 missiles on board), one from the UK, one from France and one from Canada.

The no-fly zone will encompass Tripoli, Sabha, Natoura, Misurata and Benghazi.MORE

Interesting that the submarines have 100 missiles each: The Guardian Liveblog

• British and US forces have fired more than 110 Tomahawk missiles at targets in Libya. The Pentagon said the aim of the operation was to take out the Libyan air defence systems in order that piloted aircraft could enforce the UN-mandated no-fly zone.

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• Al-Jazeera is reporting that Libya's rebel military council has been co-ordinating with international forces to identify the locations of Gadaffi's forces. Earlier in the day, the rebels lost their only aircraft when it was shot down over Benghazi, possibly by their own side.MORE