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NATO admits mistakenly striking Libyan opposition forces
CNN ^ | June 18, 2011 | CNN Wire Staff

Posted on 06/18/2011 1:52:52 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

In its statement, NATO said that "a column of military vehicles, including tanks," were spotted Thursday around al-Brega where Gadhafi forces "had recently been operating." During what it called "a particularly complex and fluid battle scenario," leaders in the military alliance ordered a strike after determining these vehicles posed "a threat to civilians."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaddafi; hostilities; libya; missioncreep; nato; noflyzone; obamawar; oup; r2p; warpowers
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1 posted on 06/18/2011 1:52:56 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Cool. Works for me.


2 posted on 06/18/2011 1:58:14 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Bring our boys and aircraft home!!!


3 posted on 06/18/2011 1:58:21 PM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE BUSHS!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And to think that these guys were actually going to have to fight the Russians if WW3 broke out.


4 posted on 06/18/2011 1:59:17 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Good start,that is how you kill a billion of them,a few at a time.


5 posted on 06/18/2011 2:00:11 PM PDT by Cheetahcat ( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Whoops.


6 posted on 06/18/2011 2:01:48 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Berlin_Freeper

They could not possibly have injured anyone since we are not engaged in “hostilities”.


7 posted on 06/18/2011 2:01:48 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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8 posted on 06/18/2011 2:02:03 PM PDT by John W (Natural-born US citizen since 1955)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Which will happen on occaision when ‘friendly’ ground forces are not accompanied by a forward air controller. Sometimes it even happens when the ARE with a FAC. I’m guessing NATO pilots only have a vague idea as to exactly where the so-called frontlines are, making close air support next to impossible.


9 posted on 06/18/2011 2:02:35 PM PDT by Tallguy (You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Meh...either way.


10 posted on 06/18/2011 2:04:09 PM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Comedy of errors with real lives.

How come the left isn’t screaming about these innocents dying?


11 posted on 06/18/2011 2:05:09 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: John W
Interesting parallel there, given that Alfred Nobel started by blowing s*** up.
12 posted on 06/18/2011 2:05:29 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Tallguy
Considering that the original stated purpose of NATO intervention was to protect the lives of the rebels against Quaddafi, that explanation won't wash.

This is failure in the making.

13 posted on 06/18/2011 2:07:59 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Well works for me.
Didn´t Nato say they want to protect civillians?
And a rebel with a gun is no civillian.
But of course since we play air force for the rebels (because this is what we do) i guess Nato regrets it.


14 posted on 06/18/2011 2:24:36 PM PDT by darkside321
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To: hinckley buzzard

It ‘washes’ if the stated purpose of our Libyan-intervention (humanitarian) is a bunch of BS — which it is. The reason for the intervention is the security of the oil fields. Once the rebellion started our European allies have done what they have done repeatedly in the past where Africa is concerned — throw in with the side most likely to be able to guarantee safe extraction of the mineral resources.

The irony is that Republican administrations are always harried by the “No Blood for Oil” slogan. But this is truly a case for it.


15 posted on 06/18/2011 2:32:24 PM PDT by Tallguy (You can safely ignore anything that precedes the word "But"...)
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To: Tallguy
That's because you can't equip a camel or a donkey with IFF.

Boy! We sure are protecting those ‘civilians’ against getting slaughtered aren't we?

16 posted on 06/18/2011 3:05:43 PM PDT by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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To: Tallguy

It ‘washes’ if the stated purpose of our Libyan-intervention (humanitarian) is a bunch of BS — which it is. The reason for the intervention is the security of the oil fields. Once the rebellion started our European allies have done what they have done repeatedly in the past where Africa is concerned — throw in with the side most likely to be able to guarantee safe extraction of the mineral resources.

The irony is that Republican administrations are always harried by the “No Blood for Oil” slogan. But this is truly a case for it.


Good observation.
But now comes the ultimate “bluff”
Only “half of europe” supported this.
This means in other words regardless who wins “we” will get our oil.
If nato wins the rebels will sell it to britain, france...
If gadaffi wins he will sell it to germany (because they didn´t vote for the bombing).
But anyway europe will get its oil.
Because after its bought the EU can (and will do) transfer it so everyone gets his fair share of the oil.


17 posted on 06/18/2011 3:12:40 PM PDT by darkside321
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To: Berlin_Freeper
NATO admits mistakenly striking Libyan opposition forces

Oh well, kind of like Bosnia/Serbia. Yawnnnnn.

18 posted on 06/18/2011 3:14:27 PM PDT by FreeMaine (America unite and kick Maine out of the Union.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Bosnia Deja-Vu


19 posted on 06/18/2011 3:25:28 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster - Sun Tzu)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Well, I’m sure the bombing was done without any hostility.


20 posted on 06/18/2011 3:29:17 PM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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