- 112 Tomahawk missiles fired at Libyan air-defence by U.S. warships
- Targets include: Air-defence systems, SA-5 missiles and early warning radars
- U.S. officials assessing damage to targets but confident it is extensive
- Libya state television reports 48 dead and 150 wounded, including children
- Pentagon announces that initial strike is part of a multi-phase assault
- Gaddafi vows to fight a long war 'with unlimited patience and deep faith.'
- President Obama makes clear the U.S. reluctance to take on another war
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| War wounds: Mohab Elbarhy, nine, and his father Hakim, who were injured in a bombing raid by Gadaffi forces in the residential area of Benghazi |
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| Carnage: People stand near the bodies of Gaddafi's soldiers on the southern outskirts of Benghazi in northeastern Libya |
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| It begins: Vehicles, belonging to forces loyal to the Libyan leader, burn after an air strike by coalition forces, along a road between Benghazi and Ajdabiyah |
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| Explosion: A rebel fighter looks at burning vehicles belonging to Gaddafi's forces after several air strikes by coalition forces hit the country |