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Alliance warplanes would wind up the mission on Monday after flying more than 26,000 sorties and bombing almost 6,000 targets in an operation that helped a ragtag rebel force oust Muammar Gaddafi.
The "operation in Libya will end on 31 October 2011. Our military job is now done," Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Nato secretary general, wrote on Twitter after alliance ambassadors formally agreed to end the mission.
The alliance had made a preliminary decision last week to end operations on October 31 after judging that civilians were essentially safe from attacks following Kadhafi's death and the fall of Sirte.
The formal decision on Friday came one day after the UN Security Council unanimously voted to end the mandate that authorised military action in Libya from 11:59pm Libyan time (2159 GMT) on October 31.
NATO formally declares Libya mission will end on Monday
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Nato allies have hailed the mission a success, with no casualties on their side and few civilian deaths, but cash-strapped governments have been eager to bring their planes home and focus on the bigger war in Afghanistan.
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#1 - Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:16 AM EDTThe correct way to enter and get out of a country .. plus adding support without any foot on the ground...
Not including the fiasco of Iraq.. Afghanistan could of been if smartly done.. a C.I.A. special forces without involving the many lives that it had taken...
Good Luck to those in Libya !!
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