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| USA waits for permission to evacuate its citizens from Libya |
| 2011-02-23 |
| Permits for charter flights have not been granted. "What we can't figure out is whether there's just chaos at the airport, which is entirely possible, or whether the Libyans are not cooperating," said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #9 Deliriously so, DarthVader. :-) It's important to be accurate, to avoid mere insult. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-23 16:26 |
| #8 True TW. They still act like amateurs.... so I'll use incompetent government as a label. Happy? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-02-23 16:15 |
| #7 our inexperienced government It's been more than two years, if only just. Inexperience can only be claimed for six months. After that the team is assumed to know where the key to the executive washrooms is kept, and what the job entails. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-23 16:01 |
| #6 Another wonderful example of our inexperienced government being asleep at the switch again. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-02-23 14:14 |
| #5 Permission for NEO should have been granted last NEO exercise. WTF is going on here? Americans should already have been evacuated out 4 days ago, and the NEO should have already been complete. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-02-23 11:02 |
| #4 Also this Twitter: US citizens leaving #Libya: 1st come, 1st served. Priority to those w/medical conditions. Ferry departs NLT 2/23, 3PM. http://go.usa.gov/gEZ |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-23 05:19 |
| #3 Check the Twitter feed of the State Dept: U.S. citizen travelers wishing to depart Tripoli #Libya, proceed to As-shahab port ASAP after 9AM, arrive before 10AM. http://go.usa.gov/gEZ 28 minutes ago via web .US chartered ferry to depart #Tripoli from As-shahab Port, sea road across from Radisson Blu Mahari, to Malta Wed 2/23 http://go.usa.gov/gEZ I sure hope they have air cover & Marines standing by. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-23 05:17 |
| #2 "Permission" for a NEO under these conditions? Just another example of a dreadfully failed leadership. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-02-23 04:31 |
| #1 Meanwhile, his air force is _defecting_ to Malta. And the country is in _chaos_. What a wonderful time for a passive-aggressive to decide to vote Present. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-02-23 02:40 |