NATO air strikes pound key Tripoli port

CNews ^ | May 19, 2011 | Kris Sims, Parliamentary Bureau

[tcrlaf]

OTTAWA - Co-ordinated NATO air strikes destroyed eight Libyan warships in an attack on Tripoli's main port Thursday.

Fire from the burning port could be seen from kilometres away, rising into the night sky.

"All NATO's targets are military in nature and are directly linked to the Gadhafi regime's systematic attacks on the Libyan people," said Rear-Admiral Russell Harding, deputy commander Operation Unified Protector.

"Given the escalating use of naval assets, NATO had no choice but to take decisive action to protect the civilian population of Libya and NATO forces at sea," he added.

NATO says forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi had been mining the port, at one point booby-trapping vessels loaded with munitions and using mannequins in the windows, preventing a defensive response from allied forces.

[tcrlaf]

More bombing of those AMAZING Libyan Flying Warships...

And the media is too busy reporting on American Idol, Oprah, and Lance Armstrong to be bothered with reporting on the hypocrisy of Obama's "No Fly Zone" in Libya.

[DManA]

Are they back to the stone age yet?

[Cementjungle]

Why doesn’t Obama just send in his new pals, the SEALS, to get Dafffy?

[Steve Van Doorn]

I feel bad for our military right now. Having to fight along side Al-Qaeda it has got to be hard to do your duty in these times.

[Jack Hammer]

“All NATO’s targets are military in nature and are directly linked to the Gadhafi regime’s systematic attacks on the Libyan people,” said Rear-Admiral Russell Harding, deputy commander Operation Unified Protector.

Utter crock of sh1t.

[ArmstedFragg]

...and exactly how big IS the civilian population at sea?

[org.whodat]

Yep, flying warships, and more bulls** from” NATO. Funny if Borg had done this crap the democraps would have filed impeachment charges already. But the republicans set around with their thumps stuck up their rears.