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Africa North

Brits join ground fight in Libya

2011-04-21

[The Sun U.K.] BRITISH military officers are set to hit the ground in Libya to bolster rebels fighting tyrant Colonel Qadaffy. The advisors will go into the country's second city of Benghazi -- the stronghold of the pro-democracy opposition. Foreign Secretary William Hague said today: "The National Security Council has decided that we will now move quickly to expand the team already in Benghazi to include an additional military liaison advisory team.

"This contingent will be drawn from experienced British military officers."

Mr Hague said the move was needed to help protect civilians in Libya and was compatible with the United Nations
...an international organization whose stated aims of facilitating interational security involve making sure that nobody with live ammo is offended unless it's a civilized country...
resolution which authorised a no-fly zone.

He said in a statement: "The United Kingdom is strongly committed to the effective implementation of the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973.

Posted by:Fred

#4 Tom Clancy once remarked, talking to some journalists, that they have it easy. They only have to write down what happens. Novelists have to make sense. As an example, suppose somebody had tried, in 1910, to start a Clancy-like novel about WW I, including explaining why it started. Nobody would take it seriously. In fact, after it started, the reasons are so murky that it's hard to believe.
Fortunately, the yurps don't have enough combat power to kill so many of each other again, unless they go nuke, in a moment of confusion.
On the other hand, they may not have enough combat power to deal with simultaneous jihad at home and protect their Med flank(s).
What a mess.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2011-04-21 08:43

#3 lol, gromgoru

The French and the British trying to screw each other over in Libya.

Posted by: phil_b 2011-04-21 05:55

#2 The more things change.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-04-21 03:56

#1 WORLD NEWS > [Libyan]REBELS WILL ACCEPT FOREIGN FORCES [ground forces = grunts] TO PROTECT LIBYANS, espec as for Humanitarian purposes which is defined as including armed protection from pro-Gaddafi forces.

and

* TOPIX/FREEREPUBLIC > INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS SEE GADDAFI REBUILDING POWER.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-04-21 03:24

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