Posted on 05/07/2019 8:57:58 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Al Arabiya reported that the Hafter controlled Libyan National Army has said that they have confirmed that the military jet they shot down south of Tripoli belonged to the EU’s Operation Sophia and that they will immediately return its foreign Portuguese pilot.
Operation Sophia is part of an EU effort to monitor illegal immigration from Libya to the EU.
A Libyan National Army spokesperson said that "We will deliver the Portuguese pilot to his country immediately after the treatment of his wounds and we appreciate the work of our European brothers in the fight against illegal immigration."
“We care about the safety of the Portuguese pilot and treat him as a guest rather than a prisoner. What happened was a mistake as a result of the state of war we are going through, and we will hand him over to the European Sofia operation immediately,"...
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As my good pal Neddy Flanders would say: “Whoopsie Doodle!’’
What’s to stop them from shooting down an airliner full of civilians next?
Yeah, just getting rid of some old SAMs that have been sitting around for a long time....
Are they going to reimburse EU for the jet?
I wonder why the courts don’t interpret our illegal immigration process the same as EU does? I’m certain we could put some C-130s/A-10s on the border to slow it down.
I saw a video of an SR-71 pilot. He had overflown Libya gathering intelligence.
He said his warning lights began to flash all over. A bunch of missiles had been fired at him.
For the first time ever he opened the throttles wide open and the SR-71 just as he put it, wanted to go faster and faster. By the time he realized he was safe, he was half way to Sicily and had to really slow down.
“EU effort to monitor illegal immigration from Libya to the EU.”
WHAT? Illegal immigration?
It happens. I actually believe them.
Who is this? The late US Ambassador?
Arab Spring, it keeps on giving.
Sydney Blumenthal, major DC liberal scumbag and one of the chief architect$ of Khaddafi’s overthrow.
He looks like a queer in that picture. Another creature of K Street and member of the Clinton Crime Family inner circle.
They haven’t blamed Israel yet, so I’m guessing that it really was an accident.
I bet he got his ass kicked regularly in high school just for looking like that.
Wow, looks like Europe just lost half their Air Force.
That made me laugh. :)
I cannot imagine a reason Portugal needs fighter jets. Maybe a coastal patrol plane for rescue and that’s about it. Governments can sure waste money.
Portugese jets, flying over Libya....insanity.
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