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Africa North
Gaddafi 'not targeted' by allied strikes
2011-03-21
Though he should be.
Allied forces carrying out air strikes in Libya say Colonel Muammar Gaddafi himself is not a target, despite an overnight attack against his compound.

The head of the US Africa Command Gen Carter F Ham said attacking Col Gaddafi was not part of his mission. And a French spokesman said that even if the Libyan leader's exact location was known, he would not be fired on.
Nod nod, wink wink, nudge nudge...
However, there is no such guarantee for the man standing next to him.
The UN has passed a resolution to protect civilians as Col Gaddafi fights a rebellion that broke out last month.

On Sunday UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox said targeting Col Gaddafi could "potentially be a possibility".

However, on Monday Britain's Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Sir David Richards, said targeting Col Gaddafi was "not allowed under the UN resolution".
Gadaffy is not a civilian. He's a military leader and a government leader. Of course he can be attacked.
And Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs that while he still wanted Col Gaddafi to go, the UN resolution was "limited in scope" and "explicitly does not provide legal authority for action to bring about Gaddafi's removal from power by military means".

A French defence ministry spokesman, Laurent Tesseire, said Col Gaddafi was not a target. Asked by French radio whether the Libyan leader would be fired on if his exact whereabouts were known, he said: "The answer to that is no."
Posted by:Steve White

#2  See also FREEREPUBLIC > TOP US GENERAL IN LIBYA: "STALEMATE" WID GADHAFI POSSIBLE AFTER [NFZ]BOMBARDMENT.

and

* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > US: REMOVAL OF GADDAFI FROM POWER IS NOT THE IMMEDIATE GOAL OF LIBYA AIRSTRIKES.

As perhaps due to ...

* SAME > GADDAFI GOVT. GAVE/FUNNELED NAMES OF JIHADISTS TO THE [US] CIA + BRITAIN.

Once again, UNCLE MUAMMAR = [Post-9-11] "OUR MAN IN LIBYUH/NORTH AFRICA", or one of them.

Lest we fergit, US-VS-USSR COLD WAR = D *** NG IT, WE KNOW HE'S A BAD BOY = DICTATOR, ETC. BUT HE'S O-U-R BAD BOY = DICTATOR, ETC.!

FREEP POSTER = Region in Libyan fighting the hardest agz Muammar Gaddafi is also the region where most of the Fighters opposing the US_NATO in IRAQ were from - BY HELPING OR OTHERWISE PROTECTING THE LIBYAN REBELS FROM GADDAFI'S HAND, US [+ NATO-EU] IS ACTUALLY [indir] AIDING THE MILTERRS THAT VIOLEN FIGHT AGZ IT IN IRAQ - AFGHANISTAN???

* WAFF > [MoneyTeachers.org] WHO IS MUMMAR GADDAFI, + WHY LIBYA? | THE ILLUMINATI SATANIC PSYCHOPATHS ALWAYS CONTROL BOTH [Any + All] SIDES OF A CONFLICT.

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly + Fugly + Wugly!

* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > US: LIBYA CEASEFIRE [was] "IMMEDIATELY VIOLATED", or was a "fake" ceasefire all along???

IOW, WAS MUAMMAR'S AIR FORCE DE FACTO FLYING AFTER THE NFZ WAS DECLARED BY THE UNO + WHEN THE US-UK-FRENCH BOMBS STARTED FALLING - inquiring Muslim Govts + their anti-US, anti-UN LAWYERS wanna know??

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > IMPLEMENTATION OF LIBYA WAR [NFZ]: US WILL INTERVENE IN MORE WORLD CIVIL DISORDERS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-03-21 23:21  

#1  he would not be fired on

I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky
Posted by: Martini   2011-03-21 20:10  

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