Posted on 03/05/2011 10:55:30 AM PST by mojito
A Reuters correspondent was shown the wreckage of a warplane in the area of Ras Lanuf in eastern Libya that rebels said they had shot down on Saturday.
Reuters correspondent Mohammed Abbas wrote in a brief message from the scene: "I am at the wreckage of the aircraft in Ras Lanuf." He also reported that the faces of the corpses seemed to have been ripped off.
He also said he was shown a Sudanese passport that he was told belonged to the pilot but added that it showed his occupation as accountant. Rebels have accused Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi of using African mercenaries to fight for him.
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched a new attack on the western town of Zawiyah on Saturday, with tanks shelling a rebel-held central square, residents said.
In a second day of fierce fighting for control of the coastal town, 50 km (30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli, government forces were forced to retreat to the outskirts early on Saturday but later mounted a counter-offensive.
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It's anyone's guess.
Oh yeah! Lets rush right in and help those rebels! Islam and it's followers are such a peaceful cult, er, uh, I mean religion......
I’ll be on the alert for Sudanese accountants from now on.
I’ll be on the alert for Sudanese accountants from now on.
Better yet, be alert for Libyan rebels. Don’t want to get your face ripped off..
I suspect aircraft maintenance is hurting in Libya.
Can’t blame emotions for running high in the circumstances. There were several documented instances of pilots being beaten to death by civilian mobs when they were forced down during WWII, even in Britain.
The pilots carried pistols, not so much to fight their way back to friendly lines, as to keep the civilian lynch mobs at bay until soldiers could arrive to take them into custody...
Yes, yes... in Navy flight training they often warned us that in a forced landing or crash you could expect the G-forces involved to rip-off your face... /s
“Oh yeah! Lets rush right in and help those rebels!”
As long as they are just killing each other, I don’t care. It is evil vs. a different kind of evil in my eyes.
I’m guessing that the loss of face came from ejecting without proper protective gear.
I’m guessing that the loss of face came from ejecting without proper protective gear.
Hmm. Seriously, both pilots?
Let them kill each other off and we can go in and take the oil.
Without a pic can’t tell what kind of aircraft it is ...Libya has a slew (181) of decently armed Czech two seat close jet support/trainers picked up in the 80’s and maintained (est 100) and that sounds like one of them
in the area of Ras Lanuf in eastern Libya that rebels said they had shot down on Saturday. Reuters correspondent Mohammed Abbas wrote in a brief message from the scene... also reported that the faces of the corpses seemed to have been ripped off. He also said he was shown a Sudanese passport that he was told belonged to the pilot but added that it showed his occupation as accountant.Thanks mojito.
Muslims will be muslims...
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