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  • Libya: US rescue plane strafes villagers as they go to aid of downed American pilot

    03/26/2011 9:16:53 AM PDT · by FreeReign · 36 replies
    Daily Mirror ^ | 23/03/2011 | Chris Hughes
    WITH a stricken US pilot lost, alone and terrified in the dark, Gaddafi-hating villagers rushed to his aid and to thank him for taking on the tyrant. But as they approached, American special forces unleashed a terrifying volley of gunfire, scattering them in all directions fearing for their lives. Shooting from an Osprey attack aircraft, afraid their comrades were about to fall into the hands of Gaddafi’s brutal forces, troops strafed the ground to clear the way for a dramatic rescue. But several villagers were injured in the melee, including a man who was said to have lost a leg....