Washington: NATO will take over command and control of military operations in Libya, in particular the enforcement of the no-fly zone imposed under a Security Council resolution, said its Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday.
The U.S. State Department, in a conference call with journalists on Friday, denied that any crack in the Western alliance, or in the international community's support for the military action.
Specifically State Department Spokesperson Mark Toner said in response to a question from The Hindu notwithstanding suggestions that nations such as Russia had disputed the U.S.' claims surrounding civilian casualties resulting from the air strikes, the key backers of UNSCR 1973, authorising the no-fly zone, were on board.
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