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2011-02-25 Africa North

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Posted by Frozen Al 2011-02-25 13:48|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 and had been told to make their own way to the capital.

What? Why would they have been told to evacuate through Tripoli, which is a free-fire zone, instead of evacuating through Egypt or Algeria or pretty much anywhere where they aren't pulling each other out of cars and blowing each others' heads off?

Posted by Mitch H. 2011-02-25 15:33|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2011-02-25 15:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Mitch - bad as that is, the sweet and sad part of the story may be the HMS Cumberland picking up refugees in Benghazi. Not as risky today as last week, but still a nice use of a warship apparently on its way home for decommissioning. Maybe they could just lease it for a month to the Peoples Provisional Govt. of Libya for a port call in Tripoli.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2011-02-25 16:41|| 2011-02-25 16:41|| Front Page Top

#3 OTOH the SAS, etal. may have to rescue more than just Brits???

To wit,

* DAILY TIMES,PK > SCARED BANGLADESHI MIGRANTS [feel] "ABANDONED" IN LIBYA, + close to starvation as per their off-based Construx + other Migrant camps.

They seemingly are NOT counting on being rescud via their own BANGLA GOVT, prob due to their Home Country's extant econ circumstances.

* DAILY MAIL.UK > DUNKIRK? NO, ITS MORE LIKE "CARRY ON, FOLLOW THAT CAMEL".

ARTIC = Planned or antipated UK Govt = MoD budget cuts may mean that the soon-to-be-much-reduced British Army + its Sister Services will have to struggle to find $$$ + Equipment, etc. in order to initiate or support any kind of effective Humanitarian Rescue andor Military- led Peacekeeping, Combat Operation.

IIUC, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE UK STILL HAS TRIDENT FBM NUC SUBMARINES; THE BAD NEWS IS THAT PRESERVATION,PROTECTION, + EMPOWERMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL BRITISH NANNY-WELFARE STATE MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT TO BRIT POLITICOS THAN UK NATIONAL
SECURITY + ECON IMPROVEMENT VEE TERROR THREATS???

US-BASE-TOO-FAR QATAR + "AMERICAN DUNKIRK" VEE IRAN.

PCORRECTNESS-DENIABILITY > "VICTORY" = merely a "Limited DEFEAT", correct???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-02-25 21:46|| na 2011-02-25 21:46|| Front Page Top

#4 More from the DAILY MAIL.UK > [Middle East]ME CHAOS COULD MEAN A NWO NIGHTMARE | AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY: WHY ARAB TURMOIL COULD MEAN AN ORGY OF BLOODLETTING + ROCKETING OIL [+ Other] RATHER THAN UTOPIAN WORLD ORDER.

ARTIC = ALL TOO OFTEN, VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE... ... THE REVOLUTION DEVOURS ITS OWB CHILDREN,; Shifts in International BALANCE OF POWER has now made CHINA THE WORLD'S #2 ECONOMY, while [post-Jasmine?] ARAB-MUSLIM GOVTS MAY LOOK EAST, NOT WEST, FOR GUIDANCE + SUPPORT.

* TELEGRAPH.UK > ITALY FEARS UP TO 1.5MILYUHN NORTH AFRICAN MIGRANTS, up from 300-350K last few days.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-02-25 21:56|| 2011-02-25 21:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Gutsy little op by the Brits, so they got that going for them too. My question is whether or not EU Govs will be willing/able to increase welfare payouts to match the coming price increases - if they do I think it will bugger the govs and if not, what will the reaction be of said welfarers when the monthly check only goes two weeks. That, coupled with predicted influx of immigrants, sounds like interesting times.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-02-25 22:49|| 2011-02-25 22:49|| Front Page Top

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