NATO stepped up attack helicopters

NATO has begun to use attack helicopters, to strengthen forces loyal to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi blow. The Alliance claims that the helicopter in the fight against military targets provide greater accuracy. But the Libyan government claims the strike is causing civilian casualties.

 

British Apache helicopter strike in Libya for the first time on Saturday, hitting military targets.

 

French attack helicopters have also carried out actions so that more NATO air strikes against pro-Gaddafi muscles.

 

Apache pilot said, "we reached a military radar installation on the coast, we destroyed Hellfire missiles, we also destroyed a military vehicle checkpoints vehicles. "

 

Much lower altitude, to the NATO helicopters in the key advantages of close range fighting.

 

Prior to NATO's attack aircraft, the main attacks on government targets, but sometimes they miss and anti-government armed forces, not combat.

 

On Sunday, the British aircraft hit the Libyan capital Tripoli, a military camp, and further increase the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to NATO pressure.

 

In operation, the Libyan government officials to take a group of journalists witnessed a building they say is damaged during NATO bombing of the remains.

 

Damaged building owners son said, "from about 3 to 5:30 in this place, we heard a loud noise, this is my father's farm, they come bomb us. "

 

Associated Press photographer said he saw at the scene where Gaddafi's supporters shouted slogans, waved signs of several dead animals.

 

"God, Muhammad, Libya, and nothing else, " Gaddafi supporters shouting.

 

But the Associated Press that it could verify that the Libyan government version of events on the farm.

 

With the strengthening attack targets from the air and the use of helicopters army, NATO provides a major boost to Libya in the country, many rebels who seized the eastern and western power.

 

However, the Gaddafi government says there are more than seven civilians were killed, NATO air strikes more than 4 thousand injured.

 

And NATO say they only bombed military targets in order to protect civilians.