Posted on 04/28/2011 10:44:49 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
BENGHAZI, Libya - A NATO airstrike in the besieged rebel-held city of Misrata mistakenly killed 12 Libyan rebels, an official with the transitional government confirmed Thursday, while new fighting was reported on Libya's western border with Tunisia.
The 'regrettable' accident, at least the third in five weeks, leaves 12 fighters dead in the besieged city.
The strike on Wednesday was at least the third in which rebels were killed since NATO fighter jets began pounding forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi more than five weeks ago in a mission to protect Libyan civilians.
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They may send in a Squadron of Obama Attack Hot Air Balloons. They are environment friendly. They run on Natural Gas.
The source of that natural gas, however, might constitute a WMD, depending on what he ate for dinner last night.
Now if they can just sort out the bad guys from the good guys.
Sometimes I wonder if these "mistakes" are intentional when they find out who thses guys really are? Just wondering.....
Heh-heh... whoops.
For once NATO has hit the right target. Let the attacks on the terrorists continue and bring Al Qaeda to its knees.
"Mistakes" could be intentional only on individual level, pilot can claim "returning fire" as a reson. Anyone higher up, from Squadron commander upwards could risk career to order attack on NATO allies on the ground.
Its about time they did something right.
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