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a command and control center . Next

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slide please . Okay .

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Following our strike on the

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communications facility right next to

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the aerial , you can see there was no

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damage caused anywhere near the mosque

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or the schools . Precision guided

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weapons were used to take out a command

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and control node , a high value target

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which needed to be removed from the

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battle . Space NATO use precision

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weapons to carry out this strike . Next

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slide please . I'd like to go back to

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this slide so you can see in

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perspective the mosque is to the right ,

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just below is the communications

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facility to the left and in amongst

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what looks like the trees are the

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commander control nodes which were

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removed by NATO strikes . Okay , I hope

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that clarifies the three separate

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incidents . One was a very unfortunate

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strike which we refer to as blue on

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green . The next was a situation

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where a missile or weapon had a weapons

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system failure . The third was a clear

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strike by NATO on a Commander Control

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center . Finally , I have news on some

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reports received this morning at oh 7

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20 zulu hours or Greenwich meantime ,

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NATO received reports that an unmanned

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autonomous helicopter drone used by

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NATO forces lost radar contact with the

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command center . This drone helicopter

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unmanned was performing intelligence

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surveillance and reconnaissance over

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Libya to monitor pro Gaddafi forces

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threatening the civilian population .

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We are currently looking into the

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reasons behind this incident . What I

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can say is NATO confirms that is not

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lost any attack helicopters during

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operation Unified Protector . More

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information will be provided on this

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incident as it becomes available . NATO

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forces continue to use all necessary

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measures to protect civilians . These

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measures include the use of attack

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helicopters and precision guided

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weapons launched from fighter aircraft .

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And we continue to use information ,

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surveillance , reconnaissance or

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intelligence surveillance

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reconnaissance drones to get to build

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up our knowledge base along with all

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other information sources available to

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us to fuse them . For the commanders

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use We have flown nearly 12,000

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sorties of which 4.5 1000 strike

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sorties with bombs hitting their

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intended target with a very high degree

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of accuracy . The skies over Libya are

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well protected and the no fly zone is

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being enforced in some NATO is

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committed to its mandate to protect the

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civilian population of Libya . We will

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continue to enforce the arms embargo .

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We will continue to enforce the no fly

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zone . NATO will continue to

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legitimately strike targets for maximum

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military effect , including commander

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control nodes , military equipment and

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ammunition storage sites . We will stay

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the course and we will continue with

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the mission until Gaddafi regime

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verifiably ends the violence and

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opposition against the people of Libya .

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Thank you very much . And we'll start

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with questions from brussels ,

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James . Yes , Brooke sooner

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jane's defence . Just some questions on

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the drones . Uh , could you tell us

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where the drone was over Libya ? You

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don't have to give exact coordinates .

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You won't do that , but at least was in

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western Libya or eastern . Uh secondly ,

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approximately how many drones are in

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the skies over Libya . And who did the

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drone belong to ? Is that NATO or one

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of the allies ? And if so , which I'll

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I thank you . Okay . Similar

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to all the questions I've taken over

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the period of the time I've been doing

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this , we will not be clarifying uh ,

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which uh nation provided the asset

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um , and therefore that answer is

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closed with regard to the proximity in

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the area . It was operating at this

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stage . I believe it was operating in

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the central coastal area of Libya .

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That is as much detail as I can give

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you at this stage with regard to the

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number of drones that are being

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operated . I can say we are using a

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number of , of intelligence

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surveillance reconnaissance platforms

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ranging from the whole spectrum

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available to NATO . That is far as I'm

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prepared to go on that issue . Thank

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you . NPR Teri Schultz with National

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Public Radio and Global Post . Um just

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in the last couple of days , there have

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been um , some uh more doubts raised

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about the sustainability of the

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operation , particularly uh , the R A F

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says