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addition, NATO will begin military planning for a possible takeover of all operations, which include attacks on ground targets to protect the civilian population of Libya, for its part said a diplomatic source.
"All NATO allies are committed to fulfilling its obligations under the UN resolution. So we decided to take responsibility for fly zone,''said NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a statement.
Decisions were made after a meeting of allied ambassadors had taken seven days to try to achieve an organization's role in military operations in Libya.
The strategic command for operations will be in Allied Commander for Europe in the Belgian city of Mons, while tactical control run from the center that NATO is in Naples (Italy), which is also responsible for the submarine naval.
The submarine air operations headquarters will reside in Smyrna ally (Turkey).
According to a provisional balance statement by a spokesman for the Libyan regime, Musa Ibrahim, the coalition bombing caused "some 100 deaths''among civilians since the offensive began on March 19.
military chief coalition, General Carter Ham, said "not sure that there had been no civilian casualties.'' "But we are very, very precise and selective in our targets,''he said.
Libyan authorities, based on" intelligence information,''fear attacks on telecommunication centers and broadcast tonight.
the morning, France had claimed that the coalition would "continue with air strikes''against military targets" as long as necessary''
On Thursday, a plane of the Libyan forces was destroyed on the ground by a French fighter jet Misrata (200 km east Tripoli), said the General Staff of Armed Forces in Paris.
led coalition operations in the region of Tajura, about 30 km east of Tripoli, according to several people. State television confirmed that "military and civilian facilities''in the region were targeted for bombing.
In Tripoli, they heard gunfire and several explosions air defense on Thursday morning and evening, AFP noted.
Libyan national television later said that "civilian and military facilities in Tripoli and Tajura''had been the target of" long-range missiles.''
The coalition was heavily bombed on Wednesday night Sebha (750 km south of Tripoli), according to several residents. The city, stronghold of the tribe of the Kadafi, is home to several military installations. Meanwhile
continued fighting between supporters and opponents of Qaddafi in several localities, especially in Misrata. There, the forces loyal to Colonel killed 109 people and wounded 1.300 since the beginning of its offensive last Friday, told AFP a doctor.
On Wednesday, the coalition conducted several attacks against Gaddafi's ground troops, mainly in Misrata, the third largest city.
"More than 350 coalition aircraft''are involved in air operations, of which just over half are American, said a Pentagon official who said the U.S. military calls the Libyans to" stop fighting ''against their compatriots and to disobey the orders of Kadafi.
invited the African Union, meanwhile, the representatives of Gaddafi and rebels to negotiate a ceasefire.
Colonel Gaddafi, in power for 42 years, faces from 15 February to a revolt that has caused hundreds of deaths.
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