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| Turkey Parachutes in Aid to Libya's Bani Walid |
| 2011-09-18 |
| [An Nahar] Turkey Saturday was parachuting in 22 tons of humanitarian aid to the Libyan city of Bani Walid, one of the last holdouts of fallen leader Moammar Qadaffy's ...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received for at least 42 years... supporters, the prime minister's office said. Two military cargo planes left Ankara on Saturday to bring food to around 10,000 people in Bani Walid in need of urgent help, the office said in a statement on its website. As there is no airport in the city, the aid packages would be dropped down by parachute, it added. The National Transitional Council, Libya's new rulers, said its fighters had to make a "tactical withdrawal" from Bani Walid on Friday night as a result of sniper fire after earlier entering the oasis town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on a visit to Arab Spring countries last week and he went to Tripoli on Friday and met with Libya's NTC leaders. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Golly -- parachuted in? The martial abilities of those neo-Ottomans never fail to shock and awe. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-09-18 18:24 |
| #4 Just a little thank you from Erdogan. |
| Posted by: Thatle Sinatra4062 2011-09-18 15:07 |
| #3 +More likely State Department than CIA... |
| Posted by: tipover 2011-09-18 02:07 |
| #2 Our AID dollars to Pakistan find their way to the Taliban as well. Operation Fast & Furious, at the macro level. "Seed money" for the military industrial complex. Thanks to our CIA masters and the globalists, our only remaining industry. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-09-18 01:32 |
| #1 So Nato funds both ends of the conflict? Awesome. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2011-09-18 01:16 |