Two battleships have arrived in Malta after refusing #Gaddafi's orders

tabatha

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:39 PM
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Two battleships have arrived in Malta after refusing #Gaddafi's orders

Edited on Tue Feb-22-11 10:03 PM by tabatha

umibeno_kafka‎ RT @SohaBayoumi: RT @Warchadi CONFIRMED: Two battleships have arrived in Malta after refusing #Gaddafi's orders to shell Benghazi #Libya #Feb17

Huge!

hranaX‎ News: Anti-Gadhafi rebels patrol border with #Egypt ... - #libya #feb17
The Daily Star - Politics - Anti-Gadhafi rebels patrol border with ...‎ - dailystar.com.lb
Twitter - seconds ago

jodotcom‎ RT @SAndrewDKos: Eastern #Libya in protestors hands, & FYI, that's where much of the oil is in Libya // Smart protestors!

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ninjadrop‎ RT @Warchadi: BREAKING: #Gaddafi family may have billions in secret accounts #Libya
Gadafy family may have billions in secret accounts - The Irish ...‎ - irishtimes.com
Twitter - seconds ago

hod‎ RT @allawati Gaddafi regime's flag has been taken down at the #Libya consulate in Dubai

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despardes‎ �the regime is over...most towns and tribes have said they back the revolution� - Interior Minister on Al Arabiya after defecting #Libya

ON EDIT - maybe the twitter poster should have written SHIPS not BATTLESHIPS.

The Italian navy is monitoring a Libyan "naval asset" in the Mediterranean close to Malta, according to a report.

The report comes after two high-ranking Libyan air force pilots fled to Malta in their aircraft, reportedly telling officials that they escaped rather than carry out orders of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi to bomb civilians. The jets arrived Feb. 21 along with two civilian helicopters carrying seven people who told immigration police they were French.

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/110222/libya-malta-muammar-gaddafi

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tekisui

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:41 PM
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1. It is the individuals who refuse the orders to kill their neighbors who end cruel dictatorships.

knr!

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oneshooter

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:59 PM
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2. Lybia has no "battleships" only 2 Koni class frigates (Type 1159

So they could not have arrived in Malta.

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tabatha

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Tue Feb-22-11 10:00 PM
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4. Well, then, the twitter person got it wrong.

Let me do some research.

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:40 AM
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13. They did, which is why citing tweets as accurate is problematical

what else did they screw up kind of thing

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tabatha

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Tue Feb-22-11 10:04 PM
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7. Libyan ship spotted off Malta coast (VIDEO)

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/110222/libya-malta-muammar-gaddafi

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Kaleva

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:01 AM
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12. Only one of which is considered to be operational.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Navy

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Hardrada

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Tue Feb-22-11 09:59 PM
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3. I didn't know anyone still had battleships!

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nadinbrzezinski

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Tue Feb-22-11 10:02 PM
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5. I doubt they had operational battleships, but

to many people a big ship, that is not a flat top, would be easily confused.

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tabatha

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Tue Feb-22-11 10:03 PM
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6. Libyan ship spotted off Malta coast (VIDEO)

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/110222/libya-malta-muammar-gaddafi

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applegrove

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Wed Feb-23-11 12:51 AM
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8. Is there an american air craft carrier in the Mediterranean? That would be

a good idea to stop Gadhafi from genociding people even more. Plus the Iranians are sending ships to Syria.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Wed Feb-23-11 12:54 AM
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9. There is almost always a battle group in the Med

so once a no fly is authorized if it is led by the US... the battlegrop will enter the gulf of sidra I suspect. Otherwise Italy will have to lead this.

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applegrove

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Wed Feb-23-11 12:58 AM
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10. Oh it is so upsetting to think of all those people's fate in the hands of a psychopath hell bent

Edited on Wed Feb-23-11 12:59 AM by applegrove

on matyrdom.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:00 AM
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11. Well they either flee (mubarak) or die (Caucescu)

he seems to prefer the latter, and it will not be an easy death, I suspect.

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