Posted on 10/11/2011 1:31:50 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
SIRTE, Libya NATO expressed surprise Tuesday at the determined resistance by forces defending Moammar Gadhafi's hometown as heavy fighting persisted more than two months after the fall of the capital, Tripoli.
The comments by Col. Roland Lavoie appeared aimed at pressuring the former strongman's troops to lay down their weapons and engage in talks with one-time rebels who now rule the country, thanks largely to NATO firepower.
Instead, in places such as Sirte, Gadhafi loyalists are still fighting, even though they can no longer be resupplied after the new government's units won control of key parts of the town's center, Lavoie said.
"So from that perspective, it just does not make sense to see what these few remaining forces are doing," he said. "This could certainly be qualified as surprising both from military and political point of view."
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No, you didn’t need the sarc tag. We just embellished on the irony. We KNOW you don’t believe the media pabulum.
Good news is that NTC continues with their idiotic tactic that makes job easy for Libyan army and armed civilians. They lure NTC into trap and close the way out. For example, yesterday Jibril staged "fall" of Sirte for Al Jeezira crew and it cost lives some 200 of his thugs. If they continue like this, very soon there will be no fools to fight for NTC.
Bad news is that NATO continues to slaughter civilians by bombing densely populated neighborhoods in Sirte and elsewhere.
The frightening news is that all of this goes on without any news trickling into MSM. This is the true meaning of this article.
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