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Is a secret sniper killing off Isil's high command in Libya?
Telegraph ^
| 29 Jan 2016
| Colin Freeman
Posted on 01/29/2016 7:53:59 AM PST by wtd
- Is a secret sniper killing off Isil's high command in Libya?
Mystery gunman credited with shooting three of the terror group's leaders in their new "Caliphate" in Colonel Gaddafi's home city of Sirte
As befits all the best practitioners of his shadowy trade, no-one is quite sure whether he is one man or many, or even simply an urban legend.
But after a string of assassinations of its local henchmen, the Islamic State's new "Caliphate" in the Libyan city of Sirte is abuzz with talk that an anti-Isil sniper is at work.
In recent weeks, no fewer than three Isil commanders in Sirte have been shot dead from long range, according to local media.
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To: wtd
Bwahahahahahhhhaaaaaaaaa!!!
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01/29/2016 9:30:11 AM PST
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hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: wtd
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01/29/2016 9:32:31 AM PST
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CPT Clay
(Hillary: Julius and Ethal Rosenberg were electrocuted for selling classified info.)
To: Scrambler Bob
If the US is doing it, he will shoot off his mouthIf it were the US, Obama would've announced it ahead of time.
Which country or countries are suffering the most because of Libya's chaos? That would provide two or three best guesses, I'd think.
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01/29/2016 9:35:22 AM PST
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grania
To: Scrambler Bob
> If US is doing it, bo will shoot of his mouth.
I’ll bet the Secret Sniper is either one of Assad’s or Putin’s boys.
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01/29/2016 12:46:39 PM PST
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BuffaloJack
(Slavery will continue to exist and thrive as long a Islam continues to exist.)
To: BenLurkin
She's ba-ack... I wish little Rosa was.
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01/29/2016 6:13:14 PM PST
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archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
To: BwanaNdege; bray
Lyudmila Mykhailivna Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 309 kills.
Lyudmilla Pavlichenko.
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01/29/2016 6:19:21 PM PST
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archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
To: Nailbiter
If more than one person knows a secret- it is no longer a secretFamous quote from no less then Ben Franklin
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
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02/01/2016 6:17:23 AM PST
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Dustoff45
(Make a new Declaration of Dependence on our constitution.)
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