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| Libyan rebels say they lack weapons and Nato support |
| 2011-07-07 |
| Rebel leaders in Misrata say progress towards the capital Tripoli is being hampered by a lack of ammunition and inadequate support from Nato. On Wednesday, officials in the rebel-held city said 17 of their fighters were killed and more than 60 wounded. Rebel forces and soldiers loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi have been locked in a stalemate to the west of Misrata for more than six weeks. A rebel spokesman said Nato air cover was patchy, with deadly consequences. "When the aircraft is flying in the sky... it means Gaddafi's forces cannot use rocket launchers on the ground, they are afraid [of] aircraft... observing them and... striking them," Fatti Bashada told the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse, near Misrata. Mr Bashada said that despite repeated requests to keep patrolling the skies, Nato aircraft have, in recent days, disappeared half-way through a battle. "When there's no flight, it means they are free to use any weapons against us," he said, adding that rockets fired by Col Gaddafi's fighters were killing an increasing number of rebels. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 ...and dreams of silky haired goats. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-07-07 15:56 |
| #11 Yes, TW Friday's are filled with caterwauling and head bonking. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2011-07-07 15:47 |
| #10 He was indeed there, Ebbang Uluque6305 -- twice. The inbred little idiot likes to visit on Thursday nights. He gets to stay up later because in Saudi Arabia they don't have school on Friday. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-07 15:42 |
| #9 Well, he was there. I saw him. Mods must have gotten tired of him and removed him. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-07-07 15:06 |
| #8 Yes, JUSTICE. We understand that you only have one useful hand because the other is devoted entirely to wiping your ass. That's because you don't know how to use toilet paper and you never heard of soap and water. Too bad. As for gazing into the eyes of members of the opposite sex, that's called Natural Selection. A fellow named Darwin wrote about it. You sound at least halfway literate, you might try reading his book On the Origin of Species. Er, the Koran isn't the only book in the world, you know. The benefit is that people with good genes marry other people with good genes thus ensuring our survivability. Helps to explain why inbred morons like yourself would still be digging in the sand if God hadn't seen the humor in giving you oil. But remember, if we hadn't shown you what to do with the oil, you inbred morons would have never figured it out in a million years. We're not ashamed of the bodies that God gave us. That facilitates our enjoyment of sports in general and water sports in particular. We learn how to swim in water whereas your people would drown because they don't have sense enough to unburden themselves of all those layers of cloth that cover their shame. Let's see...when was the last time one of your people won an Olympic event? And, of course, after exercise we take showers so we don't stink the way I've noticed that you people do. Afraid of dogs? Again, that's just too bad. They are useful, friendly and fun to have around. I wouldn't know, of course, but I don't imagine they're any good for buggering the way you do with goats. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-07-07 15:02 |
| #7 Indeed, Mitch. Applies to dis-Int/Int from the Sudan and |
| Posted by: rhodesiafever 2011-07-07 14:27 |
| #6 If all it takes is for NATO aircraft to be overhead to keep Gaddafi's boys from launching rockets, then by all means let's have the Euros get planes overhead. Airbus makes them, I'm told. Perhaps the Fighting 515th Heavy Belgian Barbers could fly some sorties. This isn't hard. The rebels do the heavy lifting on the ground; NATO provides support, intel and logistics, along with enough air cover to ground Gaddafi's air force. But the rebels have to do the heavy lifting. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-07-07 11:58 |
| #5 Oh, BTW, these are the Misrata coasties bitching about being undersupplied. Yesterday's story was about how the French had adequately supplied the mountain Bedouin rebel faction. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-07-07 11:33 |
| #4 If you don't like a Libyan news story, grom, wait a day, you'll see the exact opposite in tomorrow's virtual paper. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-07-07 11:32 |
| #3 I'm guessing these would be Team Sporting Rebels, not Team Footsie Rebels United who received the recent airdrops. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-07-07 11:29 |
| #2 ...you can't black market guns you don't have. Stocks and bonds, yes. Guns, no. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-07-07 11:05 |
| #1 I thought yesterday they said they don't want any more weapons? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-07-07 10:54 |