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US Using Low-Flying Gunships In Libya
The Miami Herald ^ | March 28, 2011 | By Robert Burns

Posted on 03/29/2011 6:29:02 AM PDT by Strategy

A top military official says the U.S. was striking Libyan targets with low-flying Air Force AC-130 gunships and A-10 Thunderbolts over the weekend, bolstering speculation that the U.S. air missions have served to support rebels seeking to overthrow Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: aerospace; gunships; islam; libya; lybia; obama
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To: Strategy

Apparently obama has given a muslim military force the most powerful close air support in the world.


41 posted on 03/29/2011 7:45:15 AM PDT by east1234 (Cut, Kill, Dig and Drill!)
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To: cookcounty
If Al Qaida takes Tripoli, heads will roll.
42 posted on 03/29/2011 7:47:16 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: PA-RIVER
Gov. LePage of Maine. He's our first republican governor in years.

Also, when the NAACP criticised him for refusing to meet with them on Martin Luther King Day he said "The NAACP can kiss my A**".

43 posted on 03/29/2011 7:52:09 AM PDT by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: east1234
We all need to be vigilant. Libya must have people here ready to take revenge against our Islamic leadership.

We could be looking at a very nasty summer.

44 posted on 03/29/2011 7:59:45 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: cookcounty

I like that.


45 posted on 03/29/2011 8:02:53 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Going to Charlotte for the barbecue is like going to Minneapolis for the gumbo - John Reed)
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To: PA-RIVER

We might just see the “won” spend his Summer (possibly the rest of his term) at Camp David, for his safety. Your are absolutely correct, in warning us, to be vigilant.


46 posted on 03/29/2011 8:18:08 AM PDT by DeadFurrow (Your rights end where mine begins.)
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To: tsowellfan
....."He actually thinks we're stupid."......

Well, "we" elected him in a landslide. Seems pretty stupid to me. Didn't you get any "Obama stash" money? Those were the smart ones that elected him.

And one more thing, "we" may re elect him if we don't find the right Republican. We still have to go through the torture of a primary and listen to "If you vote for him/her, they can't beat Obama", so we vote for some Rino thinking we have to to get rid of Obama. If unemployment goes to 7% or so, watch them say we can't go back to those bad old days that gave us 4% unemployment and a 14k DOW. He's not going to be as easy to beat as some think.

47 posted on 03/29/2011 8:27:31 AM PDT by chuckles
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To: chuckles
listen to "If you vote for him/her, they can't beat Obama"

I know what you mean... even worse is when one republican says... ""If my guy don't win, I'll stay home"

48 posted on 03/29/2011 8:30:26 AM PDT by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: RC one
seems like this Qaddafi problem could have been resolved with a single way placed bullet.

True, but not by any of the rebels. Of all the news clips shown on TV 24/7, have you seen these clowns fire a weapon, any weapon, anywhere but up in the air??? The sky over Libya must be saturated with lead by now.

49 posted on 03/29/2011 8:45:37 AM PDT by varon (Allegiance to the Constitution, always. Allegiance to a party, never!)
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To: DeadFurrow
Like the Mafia, Muzzies will will target each other after a muzzie double cross like this.

Huissein was sending Mohmmar money just a month ago, and now he's bombing him. That's cold.

50 posted on 03/29/2011 8:54:53 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: tsowellfan
Poor Hussein, he's got a brain damaged infidel covering his back in the VP slot.
51 posted on 03/29/2011 9:15:07 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Michael.SF.

I believe all Spectres have been retired. The current version is Spooky II.


52 posted on 03/29/2011 9:25:22 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: PA-RIVER

I’ll go down to Dearborn”istan” in my travels, and listen to the Arabs, operating businesses along Ford Rd. The “won” is not well liked. Every side, in there “struggle,” expects him to fight for them. There demands are infinite and Hussein has all of them confused, as much as we are.


53 posted on 03/29/2011 10:15:19 AM PDT by DeadFurrow (Your rights end where mine begins.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

OK.


54 posted on 03/29/2011 10:19:27 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Going to Charlotte for the barbecue is like going to Minneapolis for the gumbo - John Reed)
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To: Michael.SF.

Agreed, that’s what I think too. My bad for not expressing it properly in my post.


55 posted on 03/29/2011 10:45:05 AM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "p" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: DeadFurrow
I think Hussein is the only one who is not confused.

Anything to bleed the “Great Satan” of money and power is his agenda. He's a big picture guy. Everything he does is designed to bleed America.

56 posted on 03/29/2011 10:54:41 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: PA-RIVER

“Everything he does is designed to bleed America.”

With a scar that runs “deep, wide, and long.”


57 posted on 03/29/2011 11:15:19 AM PDT by DeadFurrow (Your rights end where mine begins.)
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To: Michael.SF.
That plane is designed to make ground beef on the streets.

Libyan people might not understand, but hey, Hussein is their leader, not mine.

58 posted on 03/29/2011 11:18:13 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: 2nd Bn, 11th Mar
My guess is that we now have boots on the ground as liaison and controlling the air strikes.

Correctamundo. Without spotters on the ground, there's no way for an AC-130 to accurately assess a target. Either Special Forces are already in place on the ground, or the AC-130s are killing everything they see. Since Obama said that there would not be any US troops on the ground, that pretty much guarantees that ground troops are already there.

59 posted on 03/29/2011 5:50:40 PM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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To: Michael.SF.
This bad boy is not intended to enforce a "No Fly Zone":

When you absolutely positively have to kill every last bastard on the battlefield, accept no substitute.


60 posted on 03/29/2011 5:55:40 PM PDT by Hoodat (Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
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