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DAVID CAMERON'S decision to send Apache attack helicopters into action against Gaddafi is a significant moment both for the Libya campaign and for the Prime Minister's relationship with the military. I am told that the Forces were opposed to the deployment but that Cameron overruled them.
General Richards, the Chief of the Defence Staff, conveyed to the Prime Minister the top brass's view that it was too dangerous to fly the helicopters deep into enemy territory. He warned that there were so many shoulderfired missiles floating around Libya that it was hard to be confident that the Apaches could carry out missions without being shot down. But after Nicolas Sarkozy announced that the French would be ordering their attack helicopters into action, Cameron concluded that the risk was worth taking as the allies try to turn up the pressure on the Libyan leader.See the full content of this document
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Cameron's Apache Showdown [Edition 3]
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