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2011-05-20 Africa North

NATO order: Climb mount Niitaka! - Libyan Navy Crippled

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-05-20 02:09|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Oh, now there's an unfortunate reference.

Posted by gromky 2011-05-20 02:42|| 2011-05-20 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Obscure as well as unfortunate.

Posted by phil_b 2011-05-20 02:53|| 2011-05-20 02:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Meanwhile it seems Daffy controlled Libya is rapidly running out of food.

Posted by phil_b 2011-05-20 02:56|| 2011-05-20 02:56|| Front Page Top

#4 NOT obscure to us history nuts! Banzai!

Posted by borgboy 2011-05-20 12:25|| 2011-05-20 12:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Libyan state-run television reported the strikes with a "breaking news" font that said, "Military source: Residential and military locations in Tripoli are currently being shelled by NATO forces."

Now, not tomorrow, would be a good time to get one of our broadcasting planes in there to dispel this.

Posted by gorb 2011-05-20 13:03|| 2011-05-20 13:03|| Front Page Top

#6 For the next article, use the codeword that sent the suicide pilots on 9/11. It's in just as poor taste.

Posted by gromky 2011-05-20 17:23|| 2011-05-20 17:23|| Front Page Top

#7 I sort of like the quote in the article where Obama is called delusional and is believing his own (gov't's) lies.....
seems Bambi has been found out by people outside the US.
all this and Isreal isn't going back to 1967 boundaries. must be the end of the world, or something.

Posted by USN,Ret. 2011-05-20 20:29|| 2011-05-20 20:29|| Front Page Top

#8 I prefer mine from the 1990's NET > Pilot-Leader "FUCHIDA" = "...SEND THE MESSAGE TO GORBACHEV - TORA, TORA, TORA"!

POST-9-11 > "SINK THE TIRPITZ, SINK THE TIRPITZ" ... + THE GORGE-BUSTERS [Three Gorges Dam + SecDef Gates proposed all-Female, joint Femmez USN Submarines]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-05-20 20:35|| 2011-05-20 20:35|| Front Page Top

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