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Report: White House Considering Retaliatory Libya Strike
Politico ^ | 10/15/12 4:17 PM EDT | Byron Tau

Posted on 10/15/2012 2:03:40 PM PDT by drewh

The Associated Press reports:

Administration officials say the White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to hit militant targets from Libya to Mali, if U.S. investigators can find the al-Qaida-linked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador in Libya.

But the officials say the administration also is weighing whether the short-term payoff of being able to claim retribution against al-Qaida is worth the risk that such strikes would be ineffective and rile governments in the region.

Details were provided by three current and one former administration official, as well as an analyst who was approached by the White House for help. All four spoke only on condition of anonymity.

The White House would not confirm the reports.

(Also on POLITIOC: Clinton defends State on Benghazi)

"The investigation is on-going and we have nothing new right now. As [Pentagon spokesman] George Little has briefed recently, the DoD continues to monitor the situation closely and we are ready to respond with additional military measures when directed by the president," Robert Firman, a spokesman for the Department of Defense, told POLITICO.

Philip Ewing contributed to this report.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; ambassadorstevens; benghazi; benghaziattack; benghazicoverup; benghazigate; bho44; christopherstevens; falseflag; libya; obama; soshillary; stevens
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To: COUNTrecount

Maybe he won’t even make the debate .... he is CIC and there are pressing military matters and all that, you know ... he blew off Bibi, what’s blowing off Romney and some silly debate? /s


61 posted on 10/15/2012 3:31:44 PM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: uncitizen
Bombs away to get ahead in an election poll....hmmm think I’ve seen this movie already..

I believe it was called "Viet Nam"...

62 posted on 10/15/2012 3:34:01 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA; Ignorance on parade.)
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To: drewh

“ready to hit militant targets”

Under the radar: Target the now useless Benghazi CIA compound.


63 posted on 10/15/2012 3:40:53 PM PDT by maggief
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To: SECURE AMERICA

Silly rabbit. The State Department will find out that the video (which was really at fault after all) was actually funded by a Tea Party group in rural Texas. The attack begins tomorrow at 4pm.


64 posted on 10/15/2012 3:53:45 PM PDT by Teacher317 ('Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.)
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To: drewh
Is Obama going to hit an aspirin factory or the Russian Embassy?

-PJ

65 posted on 10/15/2012 3:55:28 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( It doesn't I naturally when you're not natural born.)
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To: drewh
Obama better make sure that before he hits the targets, he needs to send the Green Helmut Guy and the Magnet Lady out there for maximum effect.

-PJ

66 posted on 10/15/2012 3:56:54 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( It doesn't I naturally when you're not natural born.)
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To: drewh

Uh huh


67 posted on 10/15/2012 3:57:16 PM PDT by FryingPan101 (2016 looms)
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To: drewh

An attack will have a negative environmental impact. Our diplomats in Austria will have to go without their new GM Leafs.


68 posted on 10/15/2012 4:13:02 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: drewh

How many Obama wars?


69 posted on 10/15/2012 4:14:37 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (the mature Christian is almost impossible to offend)
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To: cripplecreek
We don't even know who the bad guys are but I'm sure there's a threatening asprin factory just begging for it.

We know who the bad guys are, but our military cannot help us. Our only hope is that patriotism will overcome fraud in three weeks, and that we'll be able to remove the bad guys from office peacefully on election day.

70 posted on 10/15/2012 4:44:37 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: cripplecreek

“We don’t even know who the bad guys are...”

Oh, I imagine they are on speed dial at the White House. They are the same folks, including Al Queda, that we were helping when they were fighting Kadafi. THAT is why Obama has not been forthcoming on this whole thing.


71 posted on 10/15/2012 4:49:11 PM PDT by 21twelve (So I [God] gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices. Psalm 81:12)
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

I can’t get ONE stinkin’ lib to tell me where the he**
code stink has been hiding!

How many countries does this evil jacka** have our
troops involved in???


72 posted on 10/16/2012 12:18:41 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 (Fluck this adminstration of misfits.)
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