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2020-05-23 Africa North

Libyan Army shoots down 2nd Turkish aircraft over strategic town

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Posted by Fred 2020-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 Isn't Turkey close to broke? What are the doing this for? What's the use of the expenditures?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-05-23 06:48|| 2020-05-23 06:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Is this the GNA libyan army or the LNA libyan army?

I thought the Turks were on the side of the GNA.

I'm so confused.

Posted by AlanC 2020-05-23 07:49|| 2020-05-23 07:49|| Front Page Top

#3 LNA, Alan

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-23 07:53|| 2020-05-23 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The Turks support the GNA, the Russians the LNA. The EU doesn't know whether to s= or go blind. The USA, for once, is a spectator.

Posted by b 2020-05-23 08:58|| 2020-05-23 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 If the Libyan army is shooting down your aircraft,maybe it's time to rethink flying your aircraft.

Posted by bbrewer126 2020-05-23 11:18|| 2020-05-23 11:18|| Front Page Top

#6 What are the doing this for?
Turkey supported the Muslim Brotherhood's takeover of Egypt and they are supporting the GNA in Libya. At first glance it is to revive the last Ottoman Caliphate...

Posted by magpie 2020-05-23 11:20|| 2020-05-23 11:20|| Front Page Top

#7 LNA supposedly received a shipment of MIGs the other day.

Turkish aircraft = drone, so far as I've seen.

Egyptians seem to be Team LNA, and are not very happy about Turk things showing up in Libya.

A Turk/Syria/Libya triangle may be able to put some pressure on Egypt and expand the discussion about Suez traffic far enough west that the topics of gas fields off Cyprus and Israel get clouded, or even called strategic to the Turk/Libya shipment route.

Turkey has floated the NATO must get involved for GNA balloon a couple times now, told to pound sand, then the Turks started agitating the Greek border. Could be the payoff was EU, we'll offer weapons and won't mention you using domestic airlines to transport combatants.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-23 11:57|| 2020-05-23 11:57|| Front Page Top

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