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2011 Libyan Uprising Update:

Live Blogs: BBC; Guardian; CNN; Al Jazeera.

Gaddafi forces shell Benghazi, civilian casualties mount; rebels accidentally shoot down their only jet (additional photos; see video footage below).

International military action begins as French warplanes take to the skies above Benghazi to enforce UNSC-approved no-fly zone; French Defense Official: French jets fire on Libyan military vehicles (AJE report: 4 tanks destroyed); Canadians sending fighter-bombers, instituting naval blockade.

Obama: Libyans must be protected, “our coalition is prepared to act with urgency”; Clinton: Libyan gov’t “has lost all legitimacy.”

Much-lauded Libyan Citizen journalist Mohammed “Mo” Al-Nabbous, operator of Alhurra TV livestream, reportedly killed in firefight.

[photo: afp via cnn.]

UPDATE: Multinational coalition led by US forces launches Operation Odyssey Dawn with heavy missile strike against 20 Libyan air-defense targets; Director of the Joint Staff William Gortney: This is the first phase of multi-phase operation; Obama: Use of force not first choice, but actions have consequences; UK PM David Cameron: Military action “necessary, legal and right”; interactive map: Nato military strength in the Mediterranean; infographic: How does Libya’s airforce compare to the coalition’s?

Walk like an Egyptian.

(via suicidegeeks)

The U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE tweeted earlier on their account @TravelGov that they “have safely evacuated over 1,200 U.S. citizens from #Cairo at this time.”

…Pretty rockin’.