French military jet opens fire in Libya

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1. 1748: French aircraft have destroyed four Libyan tanks in air strikes to the south-west of Benghazi, Al-Jazeera television has reported.\r
2. 1744: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he's pleased with the outcome of the Paris summit. "The signal which we send to Colonel Gadaffi and his regime is unequivocal," he says. "I believe that now the Brits, the French and the Americans will come to swift action."\r
3. 1722: BBC correspondent Richard Colebourn says foreign journalists in Tripoli have been taken to visit Colonel Gaddafi's military base and compound in the city. A few thousand supporters outside the base at Bab al-Azizia were chanting slogans in support of their leader. They said they were prepared to die if the compound was targeted in any air strikes. Libyan state TV is showing pictures of other supporters doing the same at Tripoli airport.1722 The BBC's Katie Connolly in Washington DC says both the White House and the US State Department have been emphasising the same line - that the US has been invited to take action and is not leading operations. \r
4. 1729: BBC correspondent Richard Colebourn says foreign journalists in Tripoli have been taken to visit Colonel Gaddafi's military base and compound in the city. A few thousand supporters outside the base at Bab al-Azizia were chanting slogans in support of their leader. They said they were prepared to die if the compound was targeted in any air strikes. Libyan state TV is showing pictures of other supporters doing the same at Tripoli airport.
5. 1718: Talking about the first shot by a French aircraft on a Libyan military vehicle, French defence ministry spokesman Laurent Teisseire told reporters: "A first target was engaged and destroyed." An armed forces spokesman told the same briefing the operation to halt Colone