Posted on 12/17/2015 10:23:23 PM PST by Mariner
Libya’s air force said in a Facebook post that 20 US commandoes arrived at Wattiya airbase and disembarked “in combat readiness,†only to be told to leave. Pentagon sources confirmed the US had sent a special forces unit to Libya as part of a mission.
The Libyan Air Force said the 20 soldiers arrived at the airbase on Monday, but left soon after local commanders asked them to go because they had no right to be at the base “without prior coordination with protection force base.â€
The Libyan air force published a Facebook post on Wednesday which included photographs of the special forces unit. It noted the 20 soldiers had disembarked “in combat readiness wearing bullet proof jackets, advanced weapons, silencers, handguns, night vision devices and GPS devices.â€
When questioned by Libyan soldiers, the American troops said they were “in coordination with other members of the Libyan army,†the Libyan Air Force said. The Libyans were unconvinced.
“The response from your heroic army stationed at Wattiya base was to tell them to depart immediately and the group left, keeping their equipment with them,†the post added.
The photographs show three men armed with assault rifles, boarding a blue-and-white-striped passenger plane and driving a yellow dune buggy.
Pentagon sources confirmed to NBC News that the special forces unit was part of a mission sent this week, but it was unclear if the soldiers had left the country. Commandoes have been “in and out of Libya†for “some time now,†unnamed US officials told NBC, but the outlet reported they were there “purely to advise Libyan forces rather than conduct combat operations or training.â€
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I’m just guessing here but I think it would be kind of stupid taking one and not have the rounds for it.
I can see the idea of local garb, which could be as those pics are showing. But operators would wear face shields or drive-on rags to conceal their identities.
I wonder if this counts as one of the 135 countries where US Special Forces have been deployed:
I trust the foreign anti-American propaganda more than the domestic anti-American propaganda.
They make this nation look like we’re all fools.
Look who our nation elected twice to be president. If there is honest written history down the road- we will be remember as a ship of fools
Obama sends small landing force to Normandy in 1944. Told to leave.
Not all Special OPs wear full beards and certainly not all of the time.
The press will have to dig, then.
I don’t know. Places like libya they may be something you can buy on a streetcorner.
Here's a photo of a long ago Special Forces Team.
Times sure have changed.
either way. That thing is pricey. :0)
The ISIS leadership assured the Americans....they got it covered.
So we left.
That is my theory...and I am sticking to it.
One of these days, I'm gonna pick one up. May come in handy in a true TEOTWAWKI scenario.
The LMT one I was looking at was a bit more...
Nope.
blow the picture up and look at it again.
I was agreeing with the comment. What am I looking for?
I am sorry. My bad...I thought you’d meant it wasn’t a grenade launcher. My apologies for my suspicious nature. If you blow it up to about 500% it is easy to see what it is.
My bad.
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