NATO airstrike kills 1% of Libyan rebel forces.

[Quantum Windbag]

Friendly fire sucks.

A NATO airstrike near the battlefront in eastern Libya killed 13 rebel fighters outside the pivotal port city of Brega, a rebel spokesman and wounded fighters said Saturday.
Badly burned survivors described scenes of carnage, with the fighters killed in a flash, as a cluster of rebel vehicles were lifted off the ground and then landed in fiery wrecks.
The deaths underscored the dangers faced by Western allies as they rely on airstrikes to push back the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, and revealed the anxieties of the rebel leadership, which fears what would happen if the airstrikes stopped.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/world/africa/03libya.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Friendly Fire does suck. But it happens. Nice make-believe headline to go with your story, too.

 

[uscitizen]

So there are only 1300 -13 rebels in Libya?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

So there are only 1300 -13 rebels in Libya?

So it seems, according to Quantum.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

So there are only 1300 -13 rebels in Libya?

Apparently you do not keep up with the news. I was being generous.

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Friendly Fire does suck. But it happens. Nice make-believe headline to go with your story, too.

Nothing make believe about it. Reports have been saying for days that the rebel forces are few and far between. What do you expect when you put a rank amateur in a job that no one is really qualified for.

 

[JBeukema]

The potential for such deadly mistakes could be mounting: the Qaddafi loyalists are increasingly using equipment similar to the rebels’, including pickup trucks fitted with machine guns or rocket launchers, making it difficult for even the combatants to recognize their enemies.

Maybe the rebels should adopt some sort of standard colours or markings?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

The potential for such deadly mistakes could be mounting: the Qaddafi loyalists are increasingly using equipment similar to the rebels’, including pickup trucks fitted with machine guns or rocket launchers, making it difficult for even the combatants to recognize their enemies.

Maybe the rebels should adopt some sort of standard colours or markings?

They have been, anything they could steal from Qaddafi.

This is why Gates said that a NFL would not work. And why he threatened to resign if Obama orders a ground attack. There is no rebel force.

 

[JBeukema]

what is an nfl?

 

[uscitizen]

what is an nfl?

Havent you ever heard of the draft in sports. Obviously Obama is going to invade Libya with football players.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Good to see em killing more Al Qaeda. This is actually good news. Yea how bout those Al Qaeda Rebels? This Libyan War is a real mess. Maybe they should have checked to see who these Libyan Rebels were before bombing the shit out of everyone over there? These Rebels are loaded with Al Qaeda Terrorists. I guess it was 'Bomb first,ask questions later' for this "Coalition." Now we're helping those poor oppressed Al Qaeda guys. Man,what a fucked up Foreign Policy. It's just so damn sad.

 

[martybegan]

There is no such thing as friendly fire, or the bullet with your name on it. All outgoing ordinace is addressed to "occupant"