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I guarantee that there are SAS and USAF forward air controllers doing target assessment and painting live targets with lasers to guide in bombs. That is probably how the vehicle was taken out.
Originally posted by ickylevel
reply to post by JakiusFogg
I don't think so. They are not supposed to deploy ground forces, I think. The rebels are supposed to do this work.edit on 19-3-2011 by ickylevel because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Sek82
These multi decade ruling dictators of the world need to realize their days are numbered...
Originally posted by JakiusFogg
reply to post by Konah
This is the question. Where did the "rebels" as they have been dubbed get a full on fighter jet and the capabilty to operate it, considering that a few weeks ago this was a popular uprising????
It all smells
Originally posted by Recollector
This is very diferent from Iraq or Afghanistan.Lybia is no match, in military terms against almost any NATO country.France alone is more than enough.But i am afraid that this ''intervention'' is related with Japan.
I can't get my words in order...to much is happening lately.
I try to start with Lybia first.
1.Ghadaffi is a nut, but he have enough nuts like him who support him, nuts that CAN and probably WILL try to do terror attacks in Europe.
2.The fact that the intervention started in same day with announcements from Japan that they have power lines for water pupms to cool the reactors (which i don't beleive they have) and with the earlier statements of finding radiation in potable water in Tokyo, makes me think that the attack in Lybia is to ''cool'' down the attention on Japan.
3.The Palestinians fired 54 mortars into Israel.Israel retaliated. (might sounds is off topic, but bare with me).
4.Yemen and Bahrain are having, first one, deadly reprisals against protesters, and second one, foreign troops to also fight with the protesters.
What i see now is this : Now, with so many info sources, i expected that will be many events in the world, that will be very close in time.It is going to be a tsunami of info, that will lead to normal ppl getting at least anxious, if not panicated.
Imagine this scenario:
T1: Radiation increase in and around Tokyo
T1 + 20 min: Ghaddafi forces shot down a France plane
T1+ 40 min : A palestinian rocket wounds / kills (insert number) israelis
T1 + 1 hour : A suicide bomber detonates in a mall in Paris
T1 + 2 hours : NATO bombs Tripoli, mistakeli killing a number of civilians.
T1 + 3 hours: Syrians protesters fight with Police in Damascus.Casualties reported
T1 + 4 hours: Fukushima colling process failed at reactor X (they have 6)
T1 + 5 hours: Israeli planes kill (insert number) palestinians.
T1 + 6 hours : Hezbollah does soemthing.
T1 + 7 hours : ....whatever you want, related to Lybia, Japan, Syria, Israel etc.
I think that the timing of this intervention, with China and Russia NOT OPOSSING to this, with US already in deep # (economicaly and kinda stretched militarily), with Japan on the edge of at least a lose on Nikkei, with Palestinians firing 54 mortars in 15 minutes window...this leads me to beleive that something REALLY bIG is on the cooking.
I for one, beleive that the US is on edge of collapse, Japan is most likely in deep # also.This will lead to EU markets to fall, and fall hard...and what is better than a fcking war?
I mean, in the last 6 hours we had :
-Japan is fine, power lines in place, blabla
-radiation in potable water in Tokio
-palestinians think it is time to fire 54 mortars into Israel
-france jets pewpew in Lybia
I think is to much...but i am probably mistaken.I expect much more tsunami infos, all with bad infos.
I don't know...maybe its just a concidence that all this info that all are watching, are coming so shortly one after the other.
wss the tank flying ?.. i thought we where just to stop planes flying...seems they are lying to us already....
Originally posted by XxRagingxPandaxX
Turn on CNN it says French plane opens fire on Libyan tank! First blood
www.cnn.com...edit on 19-3-2011 by XxRagingxPandaxX because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ickylevel
reply to post by JakiusFogg
I don't think so. They are not supposed to deploy ground forces, I think. The rebels are supposed to do this work.edit on 19-3-2011 by ickylevel because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Konah
AJE live stream is also reporting that English ships are enforced a naval blockade as well.
Originally posted by Konah
A rebel plane was shot down by pro-Gaddafi forces as well. They are using anti-aircraft weapons, so I will guess those are the next targets.
Rebel Plane Shot Down
edit on 3/19/2011 by Konah because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by JakiusFogg
reply to post by Konah
This is the question. Where did the "rebels" as they have been dubbed get a full on fighter jet and the capabilty to operate it, considering that a few weeks ago this was a popular uprising????
It all smells
Originally posted by JakiusFogg
reply to post by Konah
This is the question. Where did the "rebels" as they have been dubbed get a full on fighter jet and the capabilty to operate it, considering that a few weeks ago this was a popular uprising????
It all smells
RABAT, March 15 (Reuters) - An opposition Libyan online newspaper on Tuesday said a rebel MiG 23 warplane and a helicopter sank two pro-Gaddafi warships off the eastern coast near the front line of land battles at Adjabiyah.
The Brnieq website quoted an unnamed air force officer at the Benina airbase in rebel-held Benghazi as saying the aircraft also bombed an unspecified number of tanks near Brega and Ajdebiya.
Those two towns fell to troops of Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday as his army advanced eastwards towards Benghazi.
It was not clear where the two aircraft took off from. The airbase at Benghazi switched to rebel control when the opposition took charge of the city and several air force officers have been among military men who joined the opposition. (Reporting by Souhail Karam, writing by Tom Heneghan; Editing by Matthew Jones)
The opposition also claimed to have hit a third naval ship in the air attack, according to opposition website Libya al-Youm.
A number of army generals and soldiers, particularly in the Libyan Air Force, have defected to join the rebels and have an arsenal of weapons and fighter jets at their disposal.