Posted on 03/25/2011 1:24:13 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
WASHINGTON -- The United States welcomed a partial handover for the Libyan air campaign to NATO on Thursday, but the allies apparently balked at assuming full control and the U.S. military was left in charge of the brunt of combat.
NATO agreed to take over command of the newly established no-fly zone over Libya, protective flights meant to deter Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi from putting warplanes in the air. That leaves the U.S. with responsibility for attacks on Gadhafi's ground forces and other targets, which are the toughest and most controversial portion of the operation.
The U.S had hoped the alliance would reach a consensus Thursday for NATO to take full control of the military operation authorized by the United Nations, including the protection of Libyan civilians and supporting humanitarian aid efforts on the ground. It was not immediately clear when the allies could reach agreement on the matter.
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Here in Kiryat Arba, I hear an angry Imam shouting something at the mosque near me, too. This is not just Baghdad, and this is not just the “West Bank”. Anybody else near a Mosque hearing something? Say which part of the world you’re in, so we can put together the big Freepin’ picture.
That takes talent, if you ask me.
I see you’ve formated the Obama Doctrine, a/k/a FAPL.
Good Lord, be very careful. I don’t like this at all.
I am the very model of a modern moron general
I have knowledge of all things of fundraising and media
When it comes to hardball politics I’m a freakin’ encyclopedia
I am the very model of a modern moron general
I am the very model of a modern moron general
c’mon, folks. Let’s have some Gilbert & Sullivan parodies. Geeze. Gotta spell everything out.
Yeah, the guy can't even get FAIL right. ;0)
I figured this might be coordinated since I heard it going on at two separate mosques.
Very angry sounding shouting and I distinctly heard the work "Amrikee" once.
It's calm now, but I didn't care for that one bit.
I'm on a big base; I'm sure the intel folks are all over this.
{too much work going on today...}
Imam said his piece over here, too. These things are generally pre-recorded, along with the shouting and other noises. It sounds like a mob of people on the streets, ready to kill, but the said streets are empty. We have muzak. They have newzak.
The mideast will fight but this new war will be African,that continent will be a slaughterhouse.
I don't have too much longer here before I head back home to Texas. :-)
No, becuase I don’t like the “F” word, even though “H” probably isn’t much better.
J.S.
Lana and I always pray for you Allegra:)
This has happened a couple of other times since I've been over here and it's usually that Iran-funded creep Sadr behind it.
Was your experience today live or Memorex?
I've been through some wild times in my years here and this is yet another chapter.
Coming home pretty soon! (YAAAAAAAAAAY!)
Do we need to worry about you?
No, no...we're fine.
We're behind lots of walls with razor wire on top and well-armed US military guys around.
This is just another blip on the Adventures in Iraq screen. It's much more mellow here these days than it was in the insane years from '04 through mid-'07 and the Insanity Redux in spring of '08. :)
Mookie just likes to stir things up every now and then so he can pretend he's relevant.
But, thanks for your concern.
Ok. Stay safe, and keep us updated. :)
It was a Shiite mosque? If it was Suni, and Sadr’s behind it, that’s a much more disturbing development. Ours was Memorex. Definitely. Easy to tell, because nobody was in the street. There’ve been many “wild” sounding rallies without a single person in attendance.
OK. I figure, it’s just an acronym.
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