Posted on 03/26/2011 1:55:56 AM PDT by darkside321
Libyan rebels backed by allied air raids say they have seized control of the frontline oil town of Ajdabiya from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces.
The BBC's Ben Brown in Ajdabiya says there are scenes of jubilation among the insurgents.
Gaddafi loyalists seized the town last week as they advanced east to quell an uprising now in its fifth week.
Saturday's breakthrough came after a seventh night of bombardment by allies enforcing a UN-mandated no-fly zone.
Coalition forces pounded Ajdabiya overnight, destroying Gaddafi armoured vehicles and weaponry.
Large explosions were also heard in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday morning.
Witnesses said a military radar site was on fire in that city's suburb of Tajura, a previous target of the air raids.
A correspondent for the AFP news agency also reported that Ajdabiya was back under rebel control.
Defensive positions previously held by pro-Gaddafi forces stood deserted as rebels rolled into the town celebrating, the agency reported.
The insurgents were seen sounding car horns and flashing V for victory signs.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
No Fly Zone Patrol?
Good. Now, on to Tripoli and hang that SOB.
Yep exactly.
Just good that we are not at war in Libya and that
we are not picking a side (Obama) in a civil war.
Hopefully if Gadaffi falls the Europeans will be the ones going into Libya. If Gadaffi struggled with Al Qaeda it’s surely not going to be a piece of cake for these rebels to deal with them (assuming that the rebels aren’t part of Al Qaeda).
When President Barack Obama was asked what he thought about the situation in Iran, he answered, “You know, I take a wait and see approach… It’s not productive, given the history of US- Iranian relations to be seen meddling. The US president, meddling in Iranian elections.”
Another stepping stone in place for the islamic fanatics. Thanks to muslim sympathizers like Carter and Obama.
Israel will be first on their hit list!
Hope she has alot of nukes!
If the government of Iraq had some age to it (perhaps 15 years or more) and we did not have troops there, it would Iraq's govermment Obama would target next. Not Iran.
2+2=4 in my world.
If Gadaffi falls and the rebels take over and all goes well and they are indeed pro-western, it would be a first for Obama to choose correctly friend over foe.
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Spot on!
Led into war by a president who can't be trusted, O'bam has sucessfully kicked over a hornets' nest.
Zer0's a screwup like no other (with the exception of Jimmy Carter.)
And what about these so-called rebels? The terminology used in Iraq or Afghanistan is 'insurgents' or 'terrorists.' Ah, but now they're fluffy little freedom fighters with Kalishnakovs!
The commander of anti-Gaddafi rebels forces in Libya has admitted that among the ranks of those fighting against the government are islamic militants who have fought and killed US troops in Iraq, otherwise known as “al qaeda” fighters.
Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, who made the remarks in an interview with 'Il Sole 24 Ore,' an Italian newspaper, admitted that he had previously recruited fundamentalists to fight in Iraq, and said that the fighters are 'today are on the front lines in Adjabiya.' He described the fighters as 'patriots and good Muslims, not terrorists,' adding that 'members of al-Qaeda are also good Muslims and are fighting against the invader.' Al-Hasidi himself was captured in Peshwar, Pakistan in 2002 and handed over to US forces after fighting against US troops in Afghanistan. He was eventually released in 2008.
On February 24th, 2011, at the very outset of the Benghazi rebellion, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb issued a call for supporters to back the Libyan rebellion, which it said would lead to the imposition of 'the stage of Islam' in the country.
British Islamists have also backed the rebellion, with the former head of the banned al-Muhajiroun proclaiming that the call for 'Islam, the Shariah and jihad from Libya' had 'shaken the enemies of Islam and the Muslims more than the tsunami that Allah sent against the Japanese.'
Hope and Change.... Tragic.
Obama only makes tough decisions on his NCAA picks.
Gaddafi
Stay armed and keep adding to the ammo stock. I believe we will need it before this is all over.
Obama has the traing of muslims and can not be trusted.
Democrats and RINO’s are enemies of America!
Hopefully if Gadaffi falls the Europeans will be the ones going into Libya.
Obama is clearing away the impediments to the establishment of an Islamic Greater Caliphate that will span much of the territory from Iran to Morocco. The “rebels†in Libya and Al Qaeda are allied groups who have fought the US in other countries and killed Americans. Totalitarians like Mubarak and Qaddafi were the enemies of these movement terrorists and now they can flourish and ultimately use the weapons we are giving them to kill us.
> Libya rebels ‘recapture key town’
Thet should correctly be al-Qaeda recaptures key town?
“...these movement terrorists and now they can flourish and ultimately use the weapons we are giving them to kill us.”
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Under the law of unintended consequences, this has the potential for a populist groundswell in the USA to use our own oil and other energy resources once the Caliphate decides oil is unavailable to infidels, except at ransom prices.
I also predict that once the terrorists begin to officially use the term “Caliphate”, the media will no longer refuse to use it, but assiduously attempt to begin to spin it into something benign and favorable.
This is so much worse than anything Carter ever did. May it turn around to bite them before it destroys the world.
“The West” is led by a stupid crew of gamblers. Sock puppets with who knows who’s hand up their rears. France is feeling up your tonsils today, working on their “Mediterranean Union.” Sorry to say, this is another step down that ladder your forefathers had climbed.
Obama: No U.S. Forces on the Ground in Libya . . . Except for Those Guys.
By Jim Geraghty
Posted on March 23, 2011 3:46 PM
NPR: “President Obama said Wednesday it was ‘absolutely’ out of the question that U.S. ground forces would be used in Libya.”
How would the president describe the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit? There is no such thing as a purely air-based combat mission; planes have problems and pilots end up on the ground, and then U.S. forces have to end up on the ground, hopefully briefly, to rescue them and bring them home safely. Ask Scott O’Grady how much time you can spend on the ground while patrolling a no-fly zone.
Details on the recent rescue:
The Kearsarge then sent up two MV-22 Ospreys carrying Marine rescue teams. As they were en route, the Harriers dropped two laser-guided bombs near the crash site, apparently to keep Libyans on the ground from approaching the pilot.
With additional helicopters hovering overhead for security, one of the Ospreys landed and picked up the pilot. He was then taken aboard the Kearsarge.
The weapons systems officer was recovered by what U.S. officials described as Libyan opposition forces. He is safe, officials have said.
There are about 2,200 Marines off the shore of Libya right now. http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/262910
March 24, 2011
Are U.S. Troops Already on the Ground in Libya? | O’Reilly Factor
Special Guests | Col. David Hunt & Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer
RET. COL. DAVID HUNT, U.S. ARMY: Yes, absolutely. You’ve got British service been in there about three weeks ago and actually got captured and released. The French GIGN have been in there and our special forces and our U.S. intelligence operatives and their assets. We do not conduct operations like this, large scale air operations, without people on the ground. They have been very successful, very good, not a lot of contact with the rebels because you don’t know who to talk to. But, yes, we have got intel gathering and rescue guys and special operations guys on the ground, have had them for about 12 days.
O’REILLY: Now, do you agree with that, Col. Shaffer?
LT. COL. TONY SHAFFER, FORMER ARMY INTELLIGENCE OFFICER: Yes, I have heard from my sources — I got a call from one of my key sources on Monday and that’s exactly what’s going on. Let’s be really clear here. You have got to have these individuals doing what Dave just said, especially when you are talking about trying to protect, and the stated goal here, Bill, is humanitarian support. So you don’t want to have weapons hitting the wrong targets. So, Dave is very good on the fact that we have special operations guys sitting there with laser designators. Bill, you saw…
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/transcript/are-us-troops-already-ground-libya#ixzz1HiPalxMr
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