UK to deploy attack copters in Libya

DEAUVILLE – Britain is to ramp up the campaign against Muammar Gadafy by sending in attack helicopters amid claims that the Libyan…

DEAUVILLE – Britain is to ramp up the campaign against Muammar Gadafy by sending in attack helicopters amid claims that the Libyan dictator is increasingly paranoid and “on the run”.

MI6 has told David Cameron that Gadafy’s behaviour is becoming even more erratic. He is said to be moving between hospitals in the Tripoli area nightly in an apparent bid to evade missiles. – (Reuters)

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