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Lslamist faction in Libya repairs Russian-made MIGs, conducts first airstrike
Washington Times ^
| 2-18-2015
| Douglas Ernst
Posted on 02/18/2015 11:26:31 AM PST by tcrlaf
Russian-made MIGs from deposed Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi were used by an Islamist faction vying for control of the nation’s affairs.
A spokesman for the Libya Dawn coalition said Tuesday that “two or three” jets were used to attack an airstrip occupied by a rival militia in the town of Zintan, The New York Times reported.
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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: civilwar; egypt; iran; libya; russia; waronterror
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
Not to mention the high-paying pilot jobs. Marie@USstatedept will be so pleased.
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02/18/2015 1:08:02 PM PST
by
JustaCowgirl
(Arguing with a liberal is like arguing with a rat about whether he eats people scraps.)
To: SampleMan; Capt. Tom; lostboy61; elhombrelibre
It’s probably on the horizon, perhaps before autumn.
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02/18/2015 1:08:54 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: VRWCarea51
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02/18/2015 1:09:09 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: tcrlaf
Give Congress a big round of applause too for sitting with their thumbs up their arses and doing nothing to stop 0bama’s illegal war. And for funding it.
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02/18/2015 1:12:04 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: freedomson
Hey Yuri fix plane so is flying again for to bomb! What’re kiddin’ me!
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02/18/2015 1:20:20 PM PST
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jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: jmacusa
okey dokey
To: Karl Spooner
Is good job Yuri! You make it so glorious former Soviet Mig 21 is now flying killing plane of sky! Now we are to killing many infidels! Hey Yuri, you fix landing gear, da?
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02/18/2015 1:34:03 PM PST
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jmacusa
(Liberalism defined: When mom and dad go away for the weekend and the kids are in charge.)
To: jmacusa
Next stop, Nation of the Cross @ Mach 2. Est. arrival 30 minutes.
To: dfwgator
i was over Unger, Unger was over Dunn.
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02/18/2015 2:02:24 PM PST
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willyd
(I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
To: Karl Spooner
How long to fly to Cairo? To Rome? To Paris? or Israel? This was bound to happen. Glad they don’t have nukes(yet).
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