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NATO began attacks by helicopter in hopes of ending the impasse with Al Qathafi

(NY Times) - In a move to intensify the pressure on Colonel Muammar Al Qathafi forces, NATO has introduced attack helicopters in its air campaign against Libyan forces for the first time on Saturday, military officials have said.

Two American-built Apache helicopters operating from a British helicopter carrier ships plying the Mediterranean 20 miles off the Libyan coast have attacked targets before dawn near the oil city of Brega.

British reporters aboard the Royal Navy ship Ocean said that both helicopters returned safely after missions lasting less than two hours. defence officials in Paris said that French helicopters flying from the helicopter carrier Tonnerre also joined in the Brega strikes.

NATO said in a statement that the British helicopters had successfully attacked “military vehicles, military equipment and fielded forces."

NATO officials said they consider the introduction of attack helicopters - the Apaches British and two French helicopters, the Tiger and the Gazelle - the potential game-changers in a conflict that has shown signs of moving into a dead end.

They say that the benefit of the helicopters during the air strikes carried out by fast jets fly as high as 20,000 feet is their best ability to make precision strikes against the forces of Al Qathafi operating in urban areas, and identify targets like snipers and small groups of fighters hiding among civilians loyalists or near schools and hospitals.

But the helicopters also introduce a new level of vulnerability for NATO pilots. Libya still has some scattered air defenses, consisting mainly of portable antiaircraft missiles and truck-mounted systems, which could pose dangers to relatively slow, low-flying helicopters.

The helicopter attacks were begun a week after Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France approved the deployment of attack helicopters from each of their forces, describing the move as intended to increase the military pressure on Colonel Al Qathafi. NATO leaders, including President Obama, have called on the Libyan leader to abandon power and leave Libya, demands that he has repeatedly rejected.

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