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Libya militia chases away US troops
BBC News ^ | 12-18-2015 | BBC News

Posted on 12/18/2015 4:37:10 AM PST by tcrlaf

US forces flown to Libya to support government troops had to leave after landing because of demands from a local militia group, US officials say.

It follows reports that 20 US special forces troops, equipped with advanced weaponry, landed on Monday at an airbase in western Libya.

The troops chose to leave "in an effort to avoid conflict", a US Africa Command (Africom) spokesman told the BBC.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: libya; obma; sof
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For chrissakes...

Is there ANYBODY in the Obama Administration with even half of a brain??

1 posted on 12/18/2015 4:37:10 AM PST by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

I think it was the ladies auxilary?


2 posted on 12/18/2015 4:40:01 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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To: tcrlaf; shibumi; ASA Vet

So now, the Beeb is picking this up - it’s not just Russia Today.

If it IS a bogus story, it just flashed round the world.

If it’s the truth, then this whole thing’s going south faster than a flock of Confederate ducks.


3 posted on 12/18/2015 4:41:22 AM PST by Old Sarge
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To: tcrlaf

It doesn’t appear that there is anything to be gained by continuing to screw around in Libya.


4 posted on 12/18/2015 4:44:33 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: tcrlaf
"Is there ANYBODY in the Obama Administration with even half of a brain??"

This isn't an issue of stupidity but of intentional deception. Obama pretends to be fighting terrorism but really doesn't do anything. Like all the phone airstrikes against ISIS - 75% of the planes return without dropping their ordinance. They give 45 minute advance warnings to targets they do bomb. They refuse to bomb the oilfields which are funding ISIS. These phony "limited" ground incursions are just more of the same thing. What Obama really does is provide tons of weapons to "friendly" forces in the middle east which he knows will end up going right to the terrorists. These people are playing for the other side.

5 posted on 12/18/2015 4:46:13 AM PST by circlecity
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To: tcrlaf

Good Grief


6 posted on 12/18/2015 4:46:24 AM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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This is the sorriest thing I can recall in a long time here.

Far from being any sort of “secret” special forces mission, it’s written up in the newspaper.

Ignoring the charitable writeup, our special forces were kicked out upon landing.

What happened to slipping into a country undetected etc... Oh that’s right our president announced to the world that our special forces were going.

rant off


7 posted on 12/18/2015 4:47:32 AM PST by ew63
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To: tcrlaf

I sure hope this is not true. But if it is, may God help and bless the USA.


8 posted on 12/18/2015 4:47:56 AM PST by BRK
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To: tcrlaf

WHAT AN EMBARRASSMENT!

Now we send boy scouts to a meeting that they were not invited to attend, are told to leave, and they leave with their tails between their legs.


9 posted on 12/18/2015 4:49:12 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: tcrlaf

Further info
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/17/secret-us-mission-in-libya-revealed-after-air-force-posted-pictures


10 posted on 12/18/2015 5:02:39 AM PST by ew63
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To: tcrlaf

I can’t quit ranting, does this make Libya a “no-go area” for the US now?

Maybe they said we could come back later though, we can always hope.


11 posted on 12/18/2015 5:02:39 AM PST by ew63
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To: tcrlaf

Libya after Gaddafi

Lawless Libya: Can peace be achieved? - 17 December 2015
Guide to Libya’s militias - 9 October 2015
Islamic State gains Libya foothold - 24 February 2015
West’s ‘light touch’ failed Libya - 18 February 2015
Fighting for the spoils of Libya’s revolution - 28 January 2015
The government holed up in a 1970s hotel - 16 October 2014
The fallout from Libyan air strikes - 27 August 2014
Profile: Libyan ex-General Khalifa Haftar - 16 October 2014

Great job Obama, McCain, Hillary


12 posted on 12/18/2015 5:02:49 AM PST by McGruff (The only poll I believe in in The North Pole)
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Let’s blame it on a video . . . ‘Clueless’


13 posted on 12/18/2015 5:04:06 AM PST by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: circlecity
Obama pretends to be fighting terrorism but it's all words...and no results. What he really does is provide tons of weapons to "friendly" forces in the middle east which he knows will end up going to terrorists. These WH people are playing for the other side.

Infinitely more believable as this ding-a-ling shows his true intentions in the last days (hopefully) of his failed presidency.

EVEN MORE BELIEVABLE the ding-a-ling demands compassion for Syrian refugees....but his Heart of Gold has a more lucrative tinge. Sucking up to refugees is a Gimme-The-Money scheme. 75% of US planes return without dropping their ordinance? 45 minute advance warnings to targets? refusing to bomb the oilfields funding ISIS? phony "limited" ground incursions?

All of it is going to be used to enrich him and the missus.

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The failed Libya incursion, etc, and Obama's failure to utter a discouraging word about Christian slaughter by Muslims are multi-layered facets of the obamas get-rich-quick schemes. That's the way the cunning Clintons got-rich- quick....looking the other away at human rights abuses....just as long as the wealthy abusers ponied up big bucks.

Obama's using the presidency as a cash cow......just as Hillary used the State Dept as a cash cow to enrich her family members and all of the Clinton factotums, their cronies, and donors made out like thieves.

The Clintons soak up humongous foundations donations, pocket huge honoraria and collect enormous paychecks from insider business deals involving armaments, oil, telecoms, mining, uranium deposits, etc etc etc.

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THE SYRIAN REFUGEE PLAN: "One Christian Slaughtered Every Five Minutes"
Muslim Persecution of Christians Report
September, 2015 Gatestone Institute
FR POSTED | December 14, 2015 | Raymond Ibrahim / FR Posted by SJackson

14 posted on 12/18/2015 5:05:26 AM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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“These people are playing for the other side.”

That’s right; they have armed the opposition that will be killing the next US troops to pass through.


15 posted on 12/18/2015 5:08:25 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: tcrlaf

Send Hillary over there.


16 posted on 12/18/2015 5:12:38 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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National Security Council in the WH Situation Room thinking up new lies to tell Americans.

Notice top dog advisor the "brilliant" Susan Rice taking notes---planning to make a video starring the State Depts glittering jewel of colossal ignorance---marie harf---offering jobs to terrorists.

17 posted on 12/18/2015 5:13:03 AM PST by Liz (SAFE PLACE? A liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing can penetrate it.)
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To: tcrlaf
Libya militia chases away US troops

Embarrassing. Unfortunately, the Obama administration is chasing away US troops too; as of right now they are preparing to purge more NCO's in 2016.

Pretty nice of Paul Ryan to help Obama shovel money into bottomless overseas pockets and perpetual entitlement holes while he cuts troop strength. By the time the uniparty is done sucking the blood out of everything we have, we may still have combat parity with Grand Fenwick.

Mr. niteowl77

18 posted on 12/18/2015 5:14:58 AM PST by niteowl77 ("On your journey 'cross the wilderness,
 from the desert to the well…")
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To: tcrlaf

Does obama secretly want Trump to win? He is the gift that keeps on giving with his asshatery.


19 posted on 12/18/2015 5:16:31 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: tcrlaf
We should and do well remember that Libya was stable until Hillary Clinton's disastrous reign as SOS.
20 posted on 12/18/2015 5:18:21 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The Bush family needs to just go away. The Clinton family needs just to go to prison.)
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