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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 02:57 PM
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2 Libyan fighter pilots defect, fly planes to Malta rather than bomb their own people
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:09 PM
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1. Link? Source?
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:10 PM
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2. oops. its one of the mail news stories now. Check google.
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:10 PM
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3. Reuters link here
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/21/us-libya-protests-malta-idUSTRE71K52R20110221
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WolfoftheWild Donating Member (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:17 PM
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4. wow! that's hardcore if true.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 03:58 PM
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5. Fighter jets? What's next, nuke the demonstrators???
(Disclaimer: keeping a skeptic eye on this. Too many "incubator babies"-like stories in the past.)
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AlabamaLibrul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:09 PM
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6. Photos courtesy AJArabic/Catherina's source/Catherina
Edited on Mon Feb-21-11 04:10 PM by AlabamaLibrul
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:11 PM
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7. Clarification: I have no doubt whatsoever that the defection is real.
It's their explanation that may or may not be true.

But you know what? Even if they're lying about the "they ordered us to bomb demonstrations" things -- good for them.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-21-11 04:13 PM
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8. k&r
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