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War planes attack Libyan capital again as airport terminal is destroyed (The Mysterions?)
Reuters ^ | 8-24-2014 | Heba al-Shibani and Ahmed Elumami

Posted on 08/24/2014 5:04:00 PM PDT by tcrlaf

Fire destroyed the terminal at Tripoli's main airport on Sunday, one day after it was seized by militia fighters from the Libyan city of Misrata, witnesses said.

Unidentified war planes also attacked targets in the capital, residents said, the latest stage of the worst fighting in Libya since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Tripoli residents heard jets followed by explosions at dawn but more details were not immediately available.

(SNIP)

Misrata forces have blamed the air strikes on Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, two countries which have cracked down on Islamists. Libya's government says it does not know who is behind the attacks. Egypt denies conducting any air strikes or other military operations in Libya

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


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bombing; egypt; libya; libyaairstrikes; tripoli; tripoliairport; unitedarabemirates; waronterror
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To: tcrlaf

21 posted on 08/24/2014 6:36:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Prospero

Egypt has denied it, and these strikes seem to be too precise for them.


22 posted on 08/24/2014 6:45:31 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: P.O.E.

“Captain Scarlett closing theme”

Somebody got it :)


23 posted on 08/24/2014 6:45:31 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf
"Egypt has denied it, and these strikes seem to be too precise for them."

"And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise."


24 posted on 08/24/2014 6:58:10 PM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: tcrlaf

One of my all-time faves.


25 posted on 08/24/2014 7:03:26 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: tcrlaf
Are you saying that Question Mark and the Mysterians are bombing in Libya?

Whassa matter, ain't 96 Tears a big hit there?

26 posted on 08/24/2014 8:06:32 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: tcrlaf
Its Iran's Airforce....
27 posted on 08/24/2014 8:12:27 PM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: kjam22

“Unidentified war planes”.....maybe it was odumbo getting some revenge on someone, anybody after he had a bad round of golf.


28 posted on 08/25/2014 5:22:16 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: tcrlaf

Dam Russians. Ukraine is a long ways away.


29 posted on 08/25/2014 5:24:15 AM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
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