Operation Odyssey Dawn, 2011
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- Work cat.: U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Foreign Affairs. Directing the Secretary of State to transmit to the House of Representatives copies ... 2011:t.p. (Operation Odyssey Dawn) p. 2 (Mar. 19, 2011, the President "directed U.S. military forces to commence operations to assist an international effort authorized by the United Nations Security Council and undertaken with the support of European allies and Arab partners, to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and address the threat posed to international peace and security by the crisis in Libya ... series of strikes against air defense systems and military airfields for the purposes of preparing a no-fly zone")
- U.S. Dept. of Defense WWW site, July 7, 2011:news article, Mar. 19, 2011 (Coalition forces [including United Kingdom, France, Italy and Canada] launched Operation Odyssey Dawn today to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 to protect the Libyan people from the countrys ruler ... goal of the military coalition is to prevent further attacks by regime forces on Libyan citizens ... to degrade the ability of Moammar Gadhafis regime to resist a no-fly zone being implemented. U.S. military forces are on the leading edge of the coalition operation ...)
- U.S. Air Force WWW site, Sept. 9, 2011:article: NATO makes smooth transition in Libya operations, posted April 6, 2011 (the transition from the U.S.-led Operation Odyssey Dawn to the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector has occurred seamlessly)
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Operation Odyssey Dawn was the U.S. code name for the American role in the international military operation in Libya to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 during the initial period of 19–31 March 2011, which continued afterwards under NATO command as Operation Unified Protector. The initial operation implemented a no-fly zone that was proposed during the Libyan Civil War to prevent government forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from carrying out air attacks on anti-Gaddafi forces. On 19 March 2011, several countries prepared to take immediate military action at a summit in Paris. Operations commenced on the same day with a strike by French fighter jets, then US and UK forces conducting strikes from ships and submarines via 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles and air assets bombing Gaddafi forces near Benghazi. The goal of coalition forces was to impose a no-fly zone for Libyan government forces. The U.S. initially had strategic command of the military intervention, coordinated missions between coalition members and set up Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn on USS Mount Whitney for the tactical command and control in the area of operations, but passed complete military command of the operation to NATO and took up a support role on 31 March 2011. Prior to that, an agreement to pass command of the arms embargo to NATO was reached on 23 March, and a handover of enforcement of the no-fly zone to NATO was agreed to on 24 March and became effective the following day. With the handover of coalition command to NATO, Operation Odyssey Dawn remained the name for the activities of U.S. forces, and the coalition's objectives continued to be carried out under Operation Unified Protector. However, NATO's objectives did not include aiding the rebel forces' efforts to take control of territory held by the government. The British name for its military support of Resolution 1973 is Operation Ellamy, the Canadian participation is Operation Mobile, and the French participation is Opération Harmattan.
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