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US Surprised by Egypt, UAE Airstrikes on Libyan Militants
Voice of America ^ | 08/27/2014

Posted on 08/26/2014 9:26:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Senior U.S. officials said Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have launched airstrikes against Islamic militants in the Libyan capital twice in the past week.

U.S. officials told reporters that the move caught the United States by surprise, potentially dealing a blow to relations between Washington, Cairo and the Emirates.

U.S. officials said Egypt provided the base for the launch of the airstrikes, and the U.A.E. provided the aircraft and pilots.

Egypt has not publicly acknowledged any role in the air strikes. The UAE had no immediate comment.

The first strike took place in Tripoli a week ago and targeted Islamist-alligned militant-held facilities, such as a weapons depot, and killed six people, according to The New York Times.

The second airstrike hit militant-controlled rocket launchers, military vehicles and a warehouse in Tripoli, killing a dozen people.

U.S. officials, according to the Times, say the strikes have, so far, proved counterproductive. The militants gained control of the Tripoli airport just hours after the second attack.

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


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; egypt; libya; uae; unitedarabemirates; waronterror
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1 posted on 08/26/2014 9:26:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like some Arab countries can’t wait for 2017 either . . .


2 posted on 08/26/2014 9:27:29 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Egyptians are doing what we refuse to do.


3 posted on 08/26/2014 9:28:03 AM PDT by lurk
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To: LRoggy

Egypt needs to invade and take over Libya.


4 posted on 08/26/2014 9:28:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: El Zoro

Another surprise for the State Department...


6 posted on 08/26/2014 9:31:38 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: SeekAndFind

How did the UAE get aircraft over Libya? That’s a long way, and I don’t expect the UAE has tanker aircraft....


7 posted on 08/26/2014 9:31:43 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is what happens when you spend all your time playing golf at Martha’s Vineyard, you don’t know what’s going on in the world and other countries have no respect for you.


8 posted on 08/26/2014 9:31:56 AM PDT by Vinylly (?%S?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

“Egypt provided the base for the launch of the airstrikes, and the U.A.E. provided the aircraft and pilots.”

Whoa. Guess I could read....


9 posted on 08/26/2014 9:32:15 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: SeekAndFind
US Surprised by....

That seems to be the start of almost every overseas news story these days.

10 posted on 08/26/2014 9:33:31 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: El Zoro

What the Eyptian military did is impressive. They didn’t wait when they saw that the MB was a threat, and got rid of them when they had a chance. If only the US had done that with ISIS when the nature of the beast became obvious.


11 posted on 08/26/2014 9:34:06 AM PDT by grania
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To: LRoggy

“...potentially dealing a blow to relations between Washington, Cairo and the Emirates.”

With Elmer Fudd in the White House, they don’t give a rat’s *ss.


12 posted on 08/26/2014 9:34:44 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Uncle Miltie; Cap Huff

You’re on to something...ask yourself how did we miss the movement of that many aircraft?


13 posted on 08/26/2014 9:39:12 AM PDT by Dog (Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
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To: Vinylly

But I thought Obama was incredibly in the loop even when he’s on vacay! Marie Harp and Joltin Jen Psaki as well as the state media have been hyperventilating since the Bamster has been on the links that the WH knows all and sees all!


14 posted on 08/26/2014 9:40:17 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: SeekAndFind
If the NYT says the strikes have been counterproductive then I'm sure they are highly productive and destabilizing the Obama supported militants.

I think president el-Sisi has been awesome in Egypt! Our president and his secretary of state are just sissies.


15 posted on 08/26/2014 9:40:48 AM PDT by outofsalt
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To: Jack Hammer

Its obvious. Obama would have informed the militants. He and his folks can’t wait to restore his m.b. buddies.


16 posted on 08/26/2014 9:41:08 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: SeekAndFind
If the NYT says the strikes have been counterproductive then I'm sure they are highly productive and destabilizing the Obama supported militants.

I think president el-Sisi has been awesome in Egypt! Our president and his secretary of state are just sissies.


17 posted on 08/26/2014 9:41:10 AM PDT by outofsalt
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To: SeekAndFind

Egypt and the UAE undoubtedly remember when we had Bib Laden and his terrorist training camp in our sights back in the waning days of the Clinton administration and Madeline Albright thought it was more necessary to give Pakistan advance warning than destroy the target.


18 posted on 08/26/2014 9:42:01 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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19 posted on 08/26/2014 9:42:51 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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Your target will be alerted to the strike if you tell someone you can't trust or who is the target's friend.

ObamaISIS just happens to be both.

20 posted on 08/26/2014 9:43:03 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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