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