NATO Ships Thwart Attack on Misrata Harbour

by Gary Kopycinski on May 12, 2011

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Naples, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–12 May 2011. In the early hours of Thursday 12 May 2011, while conducting Embargo patrols in the waters off the coast of Libya, NATO warships participated in a coordinated defence against a small boat attack threatening the port city of Misrata.