NATO Targets Qadhafi Regime Missile Launchers Near Tawurgha

by Gary Kopycinski on July 9, 2011

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NAPLES–(ENEWSPF)–9 July 2011. Â Today, NATO aircraft carried out a precision strike on a pro-Qadhafi missile firing position near Tawurgha, south of Misrata. NATO intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance was conducted over a period of time to ascertain the military use of the site. It was confirmed as being used to launch indiscriminate attacks on Libyan civilians in the area, including the port and city of Misrata.