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| Libya Shoots Missile At Italian Warship. Misses. | |
| 2011-08-04 | |
| Libyan government forces fired a missile at an Italian warship in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday in a rare attack on the NATO fleet offshore, a government spokesman said. The frigate Bersagliere was about 19 kilometers (12 miles) off the Libyan city of Zlitan when the missile fell harmlessly into the sea about 2 km away, the Italian defense ministry and NATO reported. "The ship was not harmed and continued on its mission," NATO said in a statement. "NATO ships go in harm's way to seek those military targets which continue to threaten the people of Libya." In Tripoli, government spokesman Musa Ibrahim told reporters that the missile had been launched by troops that remain loyal to longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. "We have amazing capabilities that we have not felt that we need to use," Ibrahim said. "Our army is still very strong. We haven't used our real military power."
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| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 It could be "limited" retaliation for an alleged NATO strike agz a Gaddafi-family owned tanker, but widout desire on the part of Uncle Muammar for expanded escalation wid NATO. * IIRC NEWS KERALA > UK FINALLY ADMITS GADDAFI WON'T LEAVE [power] UNLESS INNER CIRCLE ABANDONS HIM. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-08-04 22:10 |
| #5 I'm sure Italy is shaking in its boot. I agree with you. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-08-04 13:00 |
| #4 Any thought at all about whether this would put some needed steel into the Italian (and by extension, Euro) spine? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-08-04 12:49 |
| #3 I'm sure Italy is shaking in its boot. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-08-04 12:05 |
| #2 al-jihadzeera says Boy-Gawdawful made a side deal with islamonazi rebels to kill the "liberals" and set up an islamic state. Sounds fishy. But there appears to be political killings on Obama - er, rebel - side. |
| Posted by: Thumper and Tenille2812 2011-08-04 08:57 |
| #1 Raising the level. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-08-04 07:40 |