March 25, 2011 8:59 AM

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NATO agrees to take command of enforcing no fly zone in Libya

NATO has agreed to take command of enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya from the US. But Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made it clear that other aspects of the operation will remain in the hands of the current coalition for now.The handover of the command could come as early as this weekend. The NATO has been locked in dispute about whether to take charge of the mission to enforce a UN resolution.Meanwhile, coalition air raids on Libya continued for the sixth day yesterday. US and allied forces have shifted focus on hitting Libyan ground forces, targeting tanks and artillery to obliterate Muammar Gaddafi's war waging machine.The shift to attack the ground forces came after coalition commanders claimed that Libyan air force has been completely destroyed and that the US and NATO warplanes have total sway of the Libyan sky.

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