Air strikes in Libya as crisis worsens

Agencies Published March 19, 2011
A huge explosion is seen over the outskirts of Benghazi after a plane of Qadhafi's forces was shot down over eastern Libya.–AP Photo
A huge explosion is seen over the outskirts of Benghazi after a plane of Qadhafi's forces was shot down over eastern Libya.–AP Photo
A Libyan jet bomber crashes after being shot down in Benghazi as Libya's rebel stronghold came under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky.–AFP Photo
A Libyan jet bomber crashes after being shot down in Benghazi as Libya's rebel stronghold came under attack, with at least two air strikes and sustained shelling of the city's south sending thick smoke into the sky.–AFP Photo
Libyan rebels pose on a tank captured from Libyan government forces on the front-line near Sultan, south of Benghazi, Libya.–AP Photo
Libyan rebels pose on a tank captured from Libyan government forces on the front-line near Sultan, south of Benghazi, Libya.–AP Photo
A Libyan rebel grimaces on the front-line near Sultan, south of Benghazi, Libya.–AP Photo
A Libyan rebel grimaces on the front-line near Sultan, south of Benghazi, Libya.–AP Photo
Aly Abuzaakouk, director of the Libyan Human and Political Development Forum, wears a “Free Libya” button a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.–Reuters Photo
Aly Abuzaakouk, director of the Libyan Human and Political Development Forum, wears a “Free Libya” button a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.–Reuters Photo
Protesters display their placards during a rally in front of the US embassy in Manila, Philippines. The protesters opposed the alleged impending US intervention in Libya and that the Libyans should be left alone to decide their own future.–AP Photo
Protesters display their placards during a rally in front of the US embassy in Manila, Philippines. The protesters opposed the alleged impending US intervention in Libya and that the Libyans should be left alone to decide their own future.–AP Photo
A Libyan man takes a picture with his phone of a caricature showing Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi in Benghazi, eastern Libya.–AP Photo
A Libyan man takes a picture with his phone of a caricature showing Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi in Benghazi, eastern Libya.–AP Photo
A protester demonstrates against military intervention in Libya outside 10 Downing Street in central London. A coalition of Western nations geared up to launch air strikes on Libya after the UN approved military action to stop Muammar Qadhafi from crushing an insurgency.–AFP Photo
A protester demonstrates against military intervention in Libya outside 10 Downing Street in central London. A coalition of Western nations geared up to launch air strikes on Libya after the UN approved military action to stop Muammar Qadhafi from crushing an insurgency.–AFP Photo

President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi on Friday to comply with UN demands for a cease-fire or else face consequences that include military action.

However, large explosions were heard in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi early on Saturday March 19, 2011 and residents said that Libyan leader Muammar Qadhfi’s forces were attacking the rebel stronghold. Libya had declared a unilateral ceasefire on Friday after the United Nations Security Council authorised a no-fly zone over Libya, but the United States had said the ceasefire was not being respected.

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