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French military jets patrolling skies over Libya

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other world leaders ended a crisis summit on Libya Saturday with a pointed public declaration for Moammar Gadhafi: military jets have begun patrolling the skies of his country to stop attacks on Libyan civilians, and the intervention won’t end until the ruler’s aggression ends.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) waves with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Elysee Palace ahead of international talks on Libya in Paris March 19, 2011.French President Nicolas Sarkozy emerged from a meeting of leaders to read the toughly-worded joint declaration.
“Arab people have chosen to free themselves,” he said.
“It is our duty to respond to their anguished appeal.”
Sarkozy said French jets have already begun to patrol Libyan skies as part of the United Nations “no-fly” plan which nations are implementing to prevent Gadhafi’s air force from killing rebels.
As well, he said the jets are poised, if necessary, to attack government tanks which Gadhafi has been using to suppress the protests in his country’s streets.
In the coming days, he warned, the other nations in the coalition that has been formed — Canada is among the group — will come forward with their own military interventions.

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