When I first was asked if I had news about the episode I thought of a hoax. I could not believe that any NATO chopper involved in Operation Unified Protector would ever dare to land on a beach with the risk to be hit by MANPADS, RPG, guns presumed to be smuggled from Gaddafi’s depots, unless it was compelled to do so because of a failure. I was wrong.

Look at the following video. One of the two French Tiger helicopters (without any evident escort or cover) lands on a Libyan beach to pick up a flag from a young girl.