Article Review : SEARCH OF QADHAFI

NATO intelligence is being used to try to hunt down Qadhafi, the elusive Libyan dictator who ruled Libya for 42 years. British defence secretary Liam fox said NATO was playing an active role in efforts to locate Mr Qadhafi, whose whereabouts are unknown, Rebels stormed his compound in Libyan capital of Tripoli but still they were unable to find him. Rebel leadership has offered 2 million bounties on Qadhafi, but autocrat has refused to surrender, fleeing to an unknown destination as his 42-year regime crumbles in the North African nation. According to a Libyan local television channel, Mr Qadhafi vowed from hiding to fight on “until victory or martyrdom”. Rebels are now targeting at Mr Qadhafi’s hometown of Sirte to find Mr Qadhafi. . When Colonel Roland Lavoie, a NATO spokesperson was asked about Mr Qadhafi’s location. He replied “I don’t have a clue of where Qadhafi is”.

The French magazine Paris match reported that rebels almost caught Qadhafi but he was got away and still somewhere in Tripoli. The report cited an unknown “reliable source” as saying a cell of rebel and Arab intelligence services located a plain, modest house in central Tripoli where Mr Qadhafi had spent at least a night. Britain previously provided around 12 military advisers to help Libya’s rebel forces. France and Italy also sent similar troops to assist the anti Qadhafi forces with training and logistics. A western diplomat spoke about the condition of anonymity, said Special Forces from some NATO nations-operating outside the alliance’s command structure- may now be engaged in the hunt for Mr Qadhafi.U.S. Aircraft accounted for most of more than twenty thousand sorties flown by NATO aircraft in five month war in Libya. The largest proportion was flights by American aerial tankers refuelling allied strike planes, as well, as AWACS and other surveillance aircraft. European warplanes –mainly French and british-have flown the vast majority of the airstrike sorties, but U.S. armed drones and some jets –such as those tasked with radar –suppressing wild weasel missions-have also participated.
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