"Misrata is our number one priority"

Some interesting quotes from Al Jazeera:

"Misrata is our number one priority," NATO deputy spokeswoman Carmen Romero told AFP news agency adding that alliance warplanes hit Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's military assets around Libya's third largest city on Monday.
"We have a clear mandate and we will do everything to protect the civilians of Misurata," Romero said, referring to the UN Security Council resolution permitting "all necessary measures" to defend Libya's population.

Al Jazeera's John Terret reported from Washington DC:

General Carter Ham who is the commanding general for all US forces in Africa said he still envisaged a go it alone role for the US and he said that would be if US interests were specifically targeted.
Ham also said later in his testimony that in future should there be any need for a rescue operation in Libya then the US will take the lead on that initiative.

An important question must be: will there now be a marked increase in NATO military activity? Especially after the UN has shown the way in Cote d'Ivoire?

If I was Mr. Gadaffi, I would be doing some rapid re-thinking.