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Plane Shot Down Over Rebel-Held City on Libya
Fox News ^ | March 19, 2011 | | Associated Press

Posted on 03/19/2011 12:53:21 AM PDT by winstonwolf33

BENGHAZI, Libya -- A plane has been shot down over the main rebel-held city in eastern Libya.

An Associated Press reporter saw the plane go down in flames outside Benghazi early Saturday after the area came under shelling.

A black cloud went up over the city's southern outskirts.

Muammar Qaddafi's government declared a cease-fire Friday in an attempt to outmaneuver Western military intervention. But the opposition has been saying shells rained down well after the announcement and accused the Libyan leader of lying.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; gaddafi; libya; qaddafi
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1 posted on 03/19/2011 12:53:24 AM PDT by winstonwolf33
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To: winstonwolf33

what’s to prevent the so-called rebels from shooting at our planes if we go in ? And if they do , what will keep us from blowing the crap out of them ?

Get coordinates on Gaddafi and blow his ass to hell .
Use our most effective ordnance .

That’s it , call it good .


2 posted on 03/19/2011 12:56:43 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse
Get coordinates on Gaddafi and blow his ass to hell .

Exactly!

3 posted on 03/19/2011 1:01:52 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: LeoWindhorse

Decapitation without Congress’ approval is generally frowned upon if an R does it... let’s see what happens if a Rat does it.


4 posted on 03/19/2011 1:04:43 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: txhurl

pics

http://cdnmo.coveritlive.com/media/image/201103/phpFoFOb0jet-going-down.jpg

http://cdnmo.coveritlive.com/media/image/201103/phpRtowASjet-crash.jpg


5 posted on 03/19/2011 1:05:41 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: winstonwolf33

Not the place to risk having American Airmen downed and paraded.


6 posted on 03/19/2011 1:08:08 AM PDT by Varsity Flight
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To: txhurl
Decapitation without Congress’ approval is generally frowned upon if an R does it... let’s see what happens if a Rat does it

I know exactly how the Rats do it. They will Google the Iraqi war and search for the republican responses to their "we need Congress' approval" and use those responses for this one.

They have absolutely no principles.

7 posted on 03/19/2011 1:08:32 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: janetjanet998

MiG-23.


8 posted on 03/19/2011 1:10:09 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: janetjanet998
Looks like parachutes in the background. Hope that's not our guys.
9 posted on 03/19/2011 1:10:37 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: The KG9 Kid

Kind of looks like one...


10 posted on 03/19/2011 1:12:38 AM PDT by Crazieman (Feb 7, 2008 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966675/posts?page=28#28)
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To: janetjanet998

Mig 23?


11 posted on 03/19/2011 1:13:34 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: The KG9 Kid
MiG-23

Obama will still choke on his morning Latte when he sees this on the front page of the morning paper in Portuguese.

12 posted on 03/19/2011 1:14:30 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: LeoWindhorse

Who are the rebels?


13 posted on 03/19/2011 1:15:15 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: tsowellfan

Not so,An American would.


14 posted on 03/19/2011 1:17:22 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: fatima

Going to be hard to tell from the air, not to mention the Libyans also fly French aircraft. Wouldn’t want to have to do IFF in this environment.


15 posted on 03/19/2011 1:21:52 AM PDT by Heatseeker (Elizabeth Cheney for President)
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To: Crazieman

Well, not now.


16 posted on 03/19/2011 1:22:26 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: winstonwolf33

Benghazi is a port with an air base so presumably it would have air defenses. The rebels may be in control of some SAM or gun sites.


17 posted on 03/19/2011 1:29:12 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: fatima

Yeah you got a point there


18 posted on 03/19/2011 1:32:02 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Brad from Tennessee
The rebels may be in control of some SAM or gun sites.

This could turn into a horror show

19 posted on 03/19/2011 1:33:43 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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Thanks,you must be a flyer,God bless you.Have no idea what you said:)


20 posted on 03/19/2011 1:34:33 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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