Reply #81: NATO REPORT - April 24

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Key Targets and Engagements**
24 April:
In Tripoli: 1 communications headquarters.
In vicinity of Tripoli: 1 ammunition storage, 1 ammunition bunker.
In vicinity of Misurata: 1 tank, 1 ammunition storage.
In vicinity of Sirte: 4 ammunition shelters,4 ammunition bunkers.
In vicinity of Mizdah: 1 tank, 4 rocket launchers.
In vicinity of Zintan: 2 infantry fighting vehicles.

**Key Engagements are not intended to give a complete account of all targets which were engaged.
Arms Embargo Activities
A total of 19 ships under NATO command are actively patrolling the Central Mediterranean.
21 vessels were hailed on 24 April to determine destination and cargo. 0 boarding and 0 diversions
were conducted.
A total of 610 vessels have been hailed, 14 boardings and 5 diversions have been conducted since the
beginning of arms embargo operations.

International Humanitarian Assistance Movements as recorded by NATO
Total of Humanitarian Movements***: 121 (air, ground, maritime)
Ships delivering Humanitarian Assistance 24 April: 4 executed,( 8 in execution)
Aircraft delivering Humanitarian Assistance 24 April: 2
***Some humanitarian movements cover several days.

http://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_2011_04/20110425_110425-oup-update.pdf

25 Apr. 2011
NATO keeps up the pressure
NATO carried out a precision strike in central Tripoli last night. The target was a Communications Headquarter that was used to coordinate attacks against civilians. We have no independent means of verifying reports of possible civilian casualties. Unlike pro-Qadhafi forces, we continue to go to great lengths to reduce the possibility of any civilian casualties.

As part of the United Nations mandate to protect civilians from the threat of attack, NATO is steadily and deliberatately degrading the ability of the Qadhafi regime to launch and sustain attacks against his own people. We are keeping up a high operational tempo to fuflil that mandate. Since NATO took command of Operation Unified Protector on March 31, our aircraft have flown over 3,700 sorties and over 1,500 strike sorties.

In the last 48 hours, NATO aircraft have also destroyed multiple-rocket launchers, armoured personnel carriers, bunkers and storage facilities in and around Misrata, Tripoli and Sirte.

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_72888.htm