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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 01:14 PM
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British jets make daytime raid on Gaddafi compound
Source: The Guardian

British RAF jets have taken part in a rare daytime strike by Nato aircraft on the Libyan capital, destroying the guard towers at Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli.

The Libyan dictator was not a target and there was no way of knowing whether he was there at the time, the military alliance said.

Followed a fifth straight night of attacks, British Typhoons were among the aircraft that used precision bombs early Saturday to bring down guard towers along the walls of the Bab al-Aziziyah complex.

The British chief of defence staff's spokesman, Major General John Lorimer, said: "For decades Colonel Gaddafi has hidden from the Libyan people behind these walls, spreading terror and crushing opposition.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/28/raf-jets-strike-gaddafi-compound
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:35 PM
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1. Oil, we need oil! Out of our way Khadaffy!
How dare he sit on top of our oil!
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 02:51 PM
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2. i thought the EU & america had terrible debt & deficit problems.
where's the money coming from for all this bomb slinging?
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orangeapple Donating Member (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 04:08 PM
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3. we have to increase the killing to stop the killing
"Analysts say Nato may have no choice but to escalate its Libyan war effort and use helicopters or naval gunfire to end bloodshed"

use helicopter or naval gunfire to end bloodshed.

gunfire to end bloodshed.

Humanitarian war.

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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-28-11 07:54 PM
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4. LOL- they're not even pretending it's not about killing Gaddafi anymore
It's funny how quickly the mask drops away from the lies. Really. Nowadays it does not take long at all...

PB
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ChrisBorg Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-29-11 02:50 PM
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5. I thought Gaddafi was hiding in hospitals.
Why are we bombing his compounds?
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