BHO announces no ground troops in Libya, drones kept killing in Pakistan

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Obama ups Pakistan drone strikes in assassination campaign - CSMonitor.com
Secret CIA drone attacks in Pakistan suspended, as Obama seeks to free imprisoned
http://www.dawn.com/2010/12/24/obama’s-other-‘surge’-us-drone-war-in-pakistan.html

Obama Talks like he is so Anti Bush
and he has been smoking there ass in a country we are not at war with for over 2 years
Libs what do you say to this?

 

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Vive la France!...

How French jets saved Libya's rebels at the last minute
March 20, 2011 - International airstrikes led first by France devastated an armored column loyal to Muammar Qaddafi overnight – saving the rebellion with little time to spare.

Last Thursday night, with Muammar Qaddafi’s forces drawing ever closer to the Libyan rebel capital of Benghazi, the United Nations Security Council promised action to protect Libyan civilians, touching off street parties across the country’s liberated east. Mr. Qaddafi responded by declaring a cease-fire only to break it hours later by resuming the shelling of civilian neighborhoods in the contested towns of Misratah and Ajdabiya.

Then, before dawn on Saturday, he struck the heart of the rebel campaign in Benghazi, sending rockets, tank fire, and infantry into civilian neighborhoods. Dozens of civilians and rebel fighters died in the assault. Benghazi and the rebellion were hanging by a thread. If Libya's second-largest city fell back in the hands of Qaddafi loyalists, the resolve of Libya’s rebellion would probably fall with it.

"So, we’re being abandoned after all,” said one young rebel as terrified residents poured out of a checkpoint on the eastern outskirts of town. But then came the roar of French jets, followed by 112 Tomahawk missiles fired by US and British forces crippling Qaddafi's defenses and air capabilities – and staving off the likely execution for dozens of rebel leaders.

Allies strike in the nick of time

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Libyan Rebels Move to Regain Lost Ground
March 21, 2011 - Libyan rebels are taking advantage of the international assault on the government's military positions, reclaiming territory lost over the past 10 days.

Libyan opposition forces celebrated the allied military action, which cleared the highway south of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. It was part of assaults, that also included setting up a no-fly zone to protect Libyan civilians from government forces. After regrouping Monday, the rebels pushed back against troops loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi, and were moving on the next major town, Ajdabiya, where government positions came under attack early in the day.

But opposition sources in the western town of Misrata said government troops continue to encircle the town, using civilians as a shield against any attack by foreign forces. Their accounts could not be independently verified. In the capital Tripoli, pro-Gadhafi forces were inspecting damage inflicted on their leader's Bab al Aziziya compound the evening before.

Speaking by phone from Tripoli, Saleh Ibrahim, dean of the government-run Postgraduate Studies Academy, decried the missile attack. Ibrahim says that Libyans believe it was outside the scope of the U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing force to establish the no-fly zone. Ibrahim contends the assault has "targeted" civilians.

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[JRK]

Vive la France!...

How French jets saved Libya's rebels at the last minute
March 20, 2011 - International airstrikes led first by France devastated an armored column loyal to Muammar Qaddafi overnight – saving the rebellion with little time to spare.

Last Thursday night, with Muammar Qaddafi’s forces drawing ever closer to the Libyan rebel capital of Benghazi, the United Nations Security Council promised action to protect Libyan civilians, touching off street parties across the country’s liberated east. Mr. Qaddafi responded by declaring a cease-fire only to break it hours later by resuming the shelling of civilian neighborhoods in the contested towns of Misratah and Ajdabiya.

Then, before dawn on Saturday, he struck the heart of the rebel campaign in Benghazi, sending rockets, tank fire, and infantry into civilian neighborhoods. Dozens of civilians and rebel fighters died in the assault. Benghazi and the rebellion were hanging by a thread. If Libya's second-largest city fell back in the hands of Qaddafi loyalists, the resolve of Libya’s rebellion would probably fall with it.

"So, we’re being abandoned after all,” said one young rebel as terrified residents poured out of a checkpoint on the eastern outskirts of town. But then came the roar of French jets, followed by 112 Tomahawk missiles fired by US and British forces crippling Qaddafi's defenses and air capabilities – and staving off the likely execution for dozens of rebel leaders.

Allies strike in the nick of time

See also:

Libyan Rebels Move to Regain Lost Ground
March 21, 2011 - Libyan rebels are taking advantage of the international assault on the government's military positions, reclaiming territory lost over the past 10 days.

Libyan opposition forces celebrated the allied military action, which cleared the highway south of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi. It was part of assaults, that also included setting up a no-fly zone to protect Libyan civilians from government forces. After regrouping Monday, the rebels pushed back against troops loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi, and were moving on the next major town, Ajdabiya, where government positions came under attack early in the day.

But opposition sources in the western town of Misrata said government troops continue to encircle the town, using civilians as a shield against any attack by foreign forces. Their accounts could not be independently verified. In the capital Tripoli, pro-Gadhafi forces were inspecting damage inflicted on their leader's Bab al Aziziya compound the evening before.

Speaking by phone from Tripoli, Saleh Ibrahim, dean of the government-run Postgraduate Studies Academy, decried the missile attack. Ibrahim says that Libyans believe it was outside the scope of the U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing force to establish the no-fly zone. Ibrahim contends the assault has "targeted" civilians.

MORE

Looks as though Obama is quick to pull the trigger also if the right strings get pulled