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Brit Tornados To Enforce Libya No-Fly Zone
"At Cabinet this morning we agreed that UK forces will play their part," Mr Cameron told a packed House of Commons.
"Britain will deploy Tornado and Typhoon aircraft and in the coming hours they will be moved to air bases where they can take action."
The announcement came after Libya closed its air space to all traffic in a move seen to thwart the UN imposition of the no-fly zone.
Meanwhile French, British and US military planners are discussing how to enforce the no-fly zone with the help of other nations.
Sources tell Sky News that the Royal Navy is preparing to send more warships to the North African and eastern Mediterranean region, with early strikes likely to come from Nato member states.
The Ministry of Defence, however, has downplayed an enlarged naval role at this stage.
The news comes amid reports of Libyan forces undertaking a sustained anti-rebel operation in the western town of Misratah.
"There have been heavy bombardments since 7 o'clock this morning. They are bombing everything, the houses, the centre of the city," a rebel named Saadoun said.
"It's the heaviest bombardment I have seen so far."
Saif Gaddafi, the son of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, supposedly announced that troops would encircle the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi before undertaking anti-rebel action.
The veracity of the encircling claim was later questioned by news agencies.
Military action to implement the no-fly zone will commence within "hours" according to French government spokesman Francois Baroin.
Baroin said the goal of the military action would be to "protect the Libyan people and to allow them to go all the way in their drive for freedom, which means bringing down the Gaddafi regime."
Saif Gaddafi said his family was "not afraid" but warned foreign air strikes would kill civilians.
"We will not be afraid. I mean, you are not helping the people if you are going to bomb Libya, to kill Libyans. You destroy our country. Nobody is happy with that."
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The 15-member UN Security Council voted on Thursday night to undertake the no-fly zone to protect the people of Libya.
Former head of the British army General Lord Dannatt told Sky News: "There has to be a strategic objective and it is clear to get rid of the Gaddafi regime.
"This must be a very broad-based coalition of interests that removes Gaddafi."
Qatar has announced that it will take part in international operations to help the Libyan people, however it is unclear if this will involve military action.
The Arab League chief said the UN resolution was aimed at protecting civilians and did not back any invasion, but said he did not want any side "to go too far".
"The goal is to protect civilians first of all, and not to invade or occupy - the resolution is clear on that point," Amr Moussa said.
Numerous EU states have voiced support for the no-fly zone to prevent regime troops attacking rebels, however Germany has refused to be involved in any military action.
"German soldiers will not take part in a military intervention in Libya," Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a statement.
"We remain eminently sceptical on the option of military intervention... anticipated in this resolution. We see in it considerable risks and dangers. That is why we could not approve this part of the text."
Turkey has called for an immediate ceasefire and said it opposes foreign intervention.
China, Australia and Russia have indicated they will not take part but Poland has offered logistical transport support.
The Wall Street Journal said that the Egyptian military, with US knowledge, is shipping arms across its border to help rebels in neighbouring Libya.
UNHCR officials say 300,000 people have fled Libya but worry that reprisals by Gaddafi forces could worsen as the no-fly zone is imposed.
UN refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said the numbers "remain steady" with about 1,500 to 2,500 people a day crossing the borders out of Libya.
:: International migration officials say more than 50,000 migrant workers who fled Libya and were stranded at border camps in Tunisia and Egypt have been returned home.
