Canada has dispatched six CF-18 fighter jets along with some 150 support personnel to help enforce a United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya, where rebel forces continue to fight back against the violent and oppressive regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi.

According to Canada.com, in announcing the deployment, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada has backed the idea of a no-fly zone from the start and would “now take the urgent action necessary to support it.”

“The situation in Libya remains intolerable,” he said in a statement delivered in the foyer of the House of Commons. “One either believes in freedom or one just says one believes in freedom. The Libyan people have shown by their sacrifice that they believe in it. Assisting them is a moral obligation upon those of us who profess this great ideal.”