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Patter Song posted:It's a buddy cop movie. Khamenei and Obama, forced to work together. ...with Ahmadinejad as the comic relief.
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Patter Song posted:It's a buddy cop movie. Khamenei and Obama, forced to work together. Kahmenei has only 6 months until retirement and Obama is the fast talking renegade who does things his own way but has a heart of gold? I'm assuming any formation of armored/ artillery units in West Libya or pretty much anywhere west of Adjabiya is going to get hammered.
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It seems that they've wasted no time in committing aerial assets over Libya; they're actually posting real-time footage of the no-fly zone being enforced. Here it is; it's stunning stuff.
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farraday posted:That seems like an unlikely trio. One of these things is not like the others. All things considered that one probably has the moral high ground. 
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Wafflecopper posted:^^^^^ Ahahaha the US and Iran working together... and Israel. We did for Afghanistan (well, not Israel) And seriously, cheers for a UN that actually does what it's supposed to do.
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Simtex posted:Who wants to bet that there's been a bit of quid pro quo deal making for that support. They give you an Arab stamp of approval while the west looks the other way in Bahrain, etc. While I want to see Khadaffi toppled and hopefully put on trial, I'm in full agreement with this statement. Although I wonder how much of a precedent this could set for similar situations (who am I kidding...what other brutally repressive pariah states not called North Korea are out there?)
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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. And they hired Al Qaeda to do it with cold medicine, which they got from a volcano god that caused the Japanese earthquake when it was summoned.
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Zappatista posted:While I want to see Khadaffi toppled and hopefully put on trial, I'm in full agreement with this statement. Iran?
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New thread titles? Middle-East in Revlot : Gaddafi Gets Got
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From the air traffic twitter:quote:HEADS UP: Bombardier BD-700 tail number N799WW departed earlier this evening #Mitiga #Libya #Gadhafi related? Now overhead Italy!
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Can a mod change the title to something Libyan or UN relevant? Middle-East in Revolt: The UNdies in your home.. blah I don't know. Brown Moses posted:New thread titles? Middle-East in Revlot : Gaddafi Gets Got Stop thinking like my brain thinks.
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Middle East in Revolt: UN involved in Africa.
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Lascivious Sloth posted:Can a mod change the title to something Libyan or UN relevant?
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So aside from France and Britain (   ) who's going to actually be enforcing this no-fly zone, and carrying out these strikes?
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Owlkill posted:So aside from France and Britain ( I heard Qatar and the UAE may be involved as well.
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Likely the US, supposedly some Arab countries as well. Lebanon sponsored the resolution, but they don't have many military assets, so I'm not sure who it would be. Hopefully not any countries in the Gulf.
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Owlkill posted:So aside from France and Britain ( Denmark has readied 4 F-16's which should be flying south any time now. Not much in itself, but every bit helps.
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Owlkill posted:So aside from France and Britain ( Denmark also said it would take part in supplying aircraft to enforce it. e: beaten by a minute.
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Interesting tweet from a UN reporter@kprengel posted:China says they abstained from the #Libya res, rather than voting no, because of the Arab League's endorsement of no-fly zone. #UN
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Lascivious Sloth posted:Can a mod change the title to something Libyan or UN relevant? Middle-East in Revolt: UN in Libya's Base, Killing All of Ghaddafi's Dudes
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Zappatista posted:Although I wonder how much of a precedent this could set for similar situations (who am I kidding...what other brutally repressive pariah states not called North Korea are out there?) China would veto any such motion faster than you can say Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Of course, there's no civil war going on in North Korea either in which rebels would be holding major cities.
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Brown Moses posted:New thread titles? Middle-East in Revlot : Gaddafi Gets Got Gaddafi: Get Going or Get Ganked
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A number of AWACS aircraft are taking off according to the flight tracking Twitter, no doubt to provide support for the No Fly Zone.
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Cartouche posted:Gaddafi: Get Going or Get Ganked Middle East in Revolt: From the Halls of UN to the Shores of Tripoli
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My favorite part of this is that the Libyan mission to the UN will probably endorse a no fly zone and air strikes on their own country.
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Nenonen posted:Middle East in Revolt: From the Halls of UN to the Shores of Tripoli Folks, I believe that we have a winner! 
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You would think the US Air Force would be chomping at the bit to deploy F-22's in an operation that has a legitimate shot of seeing air to air combat. Kind of like a "Hey Guys! Our cold war mentality weaponry is still relevant!" Also if any special forces are sent in on search and rescue for downed pilots they're going to have to be very quiet. Another incident like the SAS one would be pretty damaging.
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Middle East in Revolt: Sometimes Pussies gently caress Assholes
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Brown Moses posted:A number of AWACS aircraft are taking off according to the flight tracking Twitter, no doubt to provide support for the No Fly Zone. They were already doing 24 hour surveillance though, unless this is a significantly higher number of them
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Simtex posted:You would think the US Air Force would be chomping at the bit to deploy F-22's in an operation that has a legitimate shot of seeing air to air combat. To be fair, the Libyans would never even see the F-22s given the weapons range.
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Brown Moses posted:Middle East in Revolt: Sometimes Pussies gently caress Assholes I believe you mean 'Dicks also gently caress assholes'
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Simtex posted:You would think the US Air Force would be chomping at the bit to deploy F-22's in an operation that has a legitimate shot of seeing air to air combat. Yeah, they seem to be kind of negative on this for some reason...I think that tells us they aren't necessarily taking part on this.
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Simtex posted:You would think the US Air Force would be chomping at the bit to deploy F-22's in an operation that has a legitimate shot of seeing air to air combat. Well I guess they could test all those computer simulations where a single F22 owns a dozen MiG23s (if they even have that many flight-worthy), but I doubt there will really be much if any air to air fighting anyway. I can't imagine many Libyan pilots being that eager to die for Khadaffi at this point.
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Statement from the deputy foreign minister of Libya: They are ready to enact a ceasefire and to protect civilians. Whatever that means, sounds like they are stalling.
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gipskrampf posted:Statement from the deputy foreign minister of Libya: They are ready to enact a ceasefire and to protect civilians. Whatever that means, sounds like they are stalling. Yup, he said there are "technical issues" they have to work out. I would think "stop shooting if nobody's shooting you" would be pretty simple to put on paper.
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Who's celebrating in the room where they just had the press conference? Why are loyalists celebrating as well?
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gipskrampf posted:Statement from the deputy foreign minister of Libya: They are ready to enact a ceasefire and to protect civilians. Whatever that means, sounds like they are stalling. Odd, I'm reading that as 'we'll hand over the madman and his entire family, please don't kill us. A buck says Gaddafi dies in a few hours. It's either that or every single person in the Libyan government that hasn't defected is going to put a knife into his back to save their own.
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gipskrampf posted:Statement from the deputy foreign minister of Libya: They are ready to enact a ceasefire and to protect civilians. Whatever that means, sounds like they are stalling. I especially liked the totally unplanned pro-Gadaffi protesters storming in and started kissing pictures of Gadaffi
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The-Mole posted:To be fair, the Libyans would never even see the F-22s given the weapons range. More like the drat things won't even take off.
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