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I wouldn't be surprised if the UN/NATO has a complete air-strike plan already under-way to hit key military installations and install a protective air-barrier around Benghazi within hours. It's basically sanctioned destruction of any military vehicles/installations they can find or have pre-determined.
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ChubbyEmoBabe posted:I hope this is enough on its own to tell him to GTFO without starting an all out war. Na, this is going to get extremely messy, and awful, but the rebels have a shot. Civilians are cheering right now, but they really do need to seek cover very soon.
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YES FOR ONCE IN A LIFETIME THE UN DOES ITS JOB! BURN QADDAFI BUUUURRRRNNNN!! I was close to making GBS threads myself in fright while watching the video, I was praying fervently the whole time and thank god he answered it in full swing!
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Well, Germany's out. I guess the other 4 abstentions are going to follow soon enough.
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gipskrampf posted:I just hope these strikes will not cause too much collateral damage. That could damage the goodwill towards the West now present in the Lybian population. I completely agree, but considering how much of Qaddafi's army is currently parked on the desert outskirts of A. Benghazi and B. Misurata, the first wave of attacks, at least, will probably be reasonably safe-ish for civilians (or at least as safe as any such attacks can be). If we get to the point where we're chasing Qaddafi thugs through the streets of Tripoli (and I think I speak for everyone here in hoping that it does not come to that), your warning will be very, very true, but for the initial wave of the campaign, the danger to civilians is almost totally from the hands of CQ, not the coalition.
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The US representative is speaking now, let's see what they'll actually commit to...
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Wait were they chanting Sarkozy's name before AJ cut to the UN again?
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Watching the AJE stream, I'm... not used to seeing UN coverage alongside people cheering. drat.
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/\/\ Yes, this is awesome! /\/\IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Wait where they chanting Sarkozy's name before AJ cut to the UN again?
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Spiky Ooze posted:The US representative is speaking now, let's see what they'll actually commit to... Nothing at all, apparently. Go USA!
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Wait were they chanting Sarkozy's name before AJ cut to the UN again? France took the leadership on this one. As much as Sarko might be an insufferable gloryhound, he deserves the glory on this one. Way to go, Sarko. Vive la France and all that.
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Seeing all those people have hope again, for a second i thought they'd be all dead. i'm in tears, thank you god, thank you, you always deliver hope when needed the most.
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dpbjinc posted:Nothing at all, apparently. Go USA! This is a good thing. The US should stand back and let other nations take the lead on this. A lot of the success will wind up in PR and propagranda, and the US meddling in middle-east affairs doesn't have positive conotations. Italy and France should take the lead. edit: and ME countries from the Arab League (but not the GCC) vvvvvvvvv "Americans have given the green light to the Egyptians to help. The Americans don't want to be involved in a direct level, but the Egyptians wouldn't do it if they didn't get the green light." Exactly. Obama is smart. Lascivious Sloth fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Mar 17, 2011 |
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The Wall Street Journal has just reported that Egypt has been, and continues to, arm Libyan rebels. quote:"We know the Egyptian military council is helping us, but they can't be so visible," said Hani Souflakis, a Libyan businessman in Cairo who has been acting as a rebel liaison with the Egyptian government since the uprising began. source e. the article says they're providing mostly small arms like machine guns.
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IM_DA_DECIDER posted:Wait were they chanting Sarkozy's name before AJ cut to the UN again?  Yup.
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Nonsense posted:Na, this is going to get extremely messy, and awful, but the rebels have a shot. Civilians are cheering right now, but they really do need to seek cover very soon. I can hope. Maybe self preservation will kick in an override the narcissism. Of course he definitely is the type to take the scorched earth approach to resignation. 
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This UNTV is boring. I want to see some shoe banging action!
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Leperflesh posted:The Wall Street Journal has just reported that Egypt has been, and continues to, arm Libyan rebels. I'm not terribly surprised by that all things considered, hopefully it helps.
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Patter Song posted:France took the leadership on this one. As much as Sarko might be an insufferable gloryhound, he deserves the glory on this one. Way to go, Sarko. Vive la France and all that. And people say the French are Cheese-eating surrender monkeys.  Vive la France et vive la Libye libre
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Nenonen posted:This UNTV is boring. I want to see some shoe banging action! I want to see some shock and/or awe.
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Lascivious Sloth posted:This is a good thing. The US should stand back and let other nations take the lead on this. A lot of the success will wind up in PR and propagranda, and the US meddling in middle-east affairs doesn't have positive conotations. Italy and France should take the lead. Berlusconi is Gaddafi's butt-body, Italy won't be doing much of anything. This will primarily be done by the UK and France with help from a few others. The US will park a carrier in the area just to keep an eye on things and probably support the effort with Hawkeyes and whatnot.
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redscare posted:Berlusconi is Gaddafi's butt-body, Italy won't be doing much of anything. This will primarily be done by the UK and France with help from a few others. The US will park a carrier in the area just to keep an eye on things and probably support the effort with Hawkeyes and whatnot. Berlusconi did a complete 180 and was early to condemn Libya as unexpected as that was. It would send a good message if a former buddy led the attacks, and a country without much meddling in ME affairs.
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redscare posted:Berlusconi is Gaddafi's butt-body, Italy won't be doing much of anything. Well it's not like Italy doesn't have a history of backstabbing its allies...
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Italy has said their air bases will be used to enforce the NFZ.
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redscare posted:Berlusconi is Gaddafi's [bunga bunga buddy], Italy won't be doing much of anything. This will primarily be done by the UK and France with help from a few others. The US will park a carrier in the area just to keep an eye on things and probably support the effort with Hawkeyes and whatnot.
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gipskrampf posted:And people say the French are Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. *waxes moustache, puts on fighter pilot helmet* Seriously though, this is the best news ever! I'm so happy we're actually intervening in a country for a decent reason for once, not just oil or some other bullshit resource. Its gotta be brown trousers time for Gaddafi 
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ufarn posted:
He's a white guy in blackface pretending to be African royalty to tour the HMS Dreadnought? e: nvm, I was thinking of this.
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redscare posted:Berlusconi is Gaddafi's butt-body, Italy won't be doing much of anything. This will primarily be done by the UK and France with help from a few others. The US will park a carrier in the area just to keep an eye on things and probably support the effort with Hawkeyes and whatnot. Our aerial refueling assets will probably be important but yeah I'm glad to see the US take a back seat approach to this. We have a deservedly bad reputation and any cockups by us would poison the whole thing. Let Sarkozy have the little quasi war he wants to pacify his country.
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This is the best thing ever. I read this thread with "America, gently caress Yeah" blaring in the background. I am very proud of the modernised world right now.
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quote:Oh dear God!! Host on #Libya TV just accused #US, #Israel, and #Iran on collaborating and conspiring to destroy Libya.
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Brown Moses posted:Oh dear God!! Host on #Libya TV just accused #US, #Israel, and #Iran on collaborating and conspiring to destroy Libya. That seems like an unlikely trio. One of these things is not like the others.
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^^^^^ Ahahaha the US and Iran working together... and Israel.
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What means does Gaddafi actually have to attack civilian ships and aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea like he threatend? I guess his airforce will be neutralised quickly enough if they try something like this, does Libya have a significant navy to conduct such attacks?
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Wafflecopper posted:^^^^^ Ahahaha the US and Iran working together It's a buddy cop movie. Khamenei and Obama, forced to work together.
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This Twitter account is tracking air traffic in the region : http://twitter.com/fmcnl
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