Posts Tagged ‘NATO’
New Video Shows Unguarded Libyan Surface-to-Air Missiles
A month after U.S. officials told ABC News they were moving quickly to secure unguarded weapons in Libya, human rights investigators have found a huge cache of unprotected weapons, including bombs, tank shells and dozens of surface-to-air missiles, in the city of Sirte. "Anybody want a surface-to-air missile?" asks Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director of Human Rights Watch, in a video shot Sunday in near where Moammar Gadhafi and his son Mutassim made their last stand. Though the U.S. is rushing more and more specialists to Libya in a race to find the massive stores of weapons that have gone missing since the start of the Libyan uprising, Bouckaert beat them to Sirte. Assistant Secretary of State Andrew Shapiro told ABC News that there was "obviously" a race to find the weapons before [...]
NATO Considers Extending Libya Mission
On Friday Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed. After four days of display in a commercial meat locker he has been buried in a secret location in the Southern Libyan desert. A formal decision to end the NATO was to be made today. In the meantime Libya has been declared liberated and there was almost a "Mission Accomplished" moment for President Obama. No so fast, it seems that Libya is liberated but not without a continued NATO mission, at least until the end of this year. While little attention has been paid to how both Gaddafi and his son Muttasim died, a video from Syrian tv circulated yesterday showing Muttasim Gaddafi alive in a room with his captors. How he met his demise is not shown in the video. Another questionable death? NATO has now decided to delay its [...]
Gadhafi's son, Saif Al-Islam, says he will exact revenge on the 'Rats'
Anyone remember the George Bush appearance with a Mission Acompllsieh Banner behind? Seems the Obama administration may have claimed victory in Libya too quickly. But since the economy in America is so poor, Obama has to claim victory for something.... The Anti-Bush has become the very President He despised. Seems the remaining sons of Gaddafi intend to bring retaliation to those who killed their Father. Get this, They call Gaddafi s death "Brutal". Seems to me that Gaddafi said he would go house to house to exterminate the Rats. But that was just cleaning house.. nothing brutal about that. So it appears that Libya will become a country with terror acts by the former resistance. Let alone that the new Government is about to implement portions of Sharia. Just one of Moammar [...]
How Did Gaddafi Die?
By Karl Gotthardt The Mad Dog of Libya is dead. The question now being asked is, "How did the Dictator Die?" There are conflicting reports, images and videos on how Gaddafi met his demise. One account says that Gaddafi's convoy was attacked from the air by French war planes and that a U.S. drone was also involved. While Mammud Jibril, the head of the National Transitional Council, said that Gaddafi received a fatal shot in the head during a firefight, a commander of the revolutionary forces on the ground said that Gaddafi received leg and shoulder wounds and subsequently died. According to Jibril's account, the dictator was located in good health with a weapon and was put into a pick up truck. When the vehicle started moving a firefight ensued between Gaddafi loyalists [...]
President Obama Statement on the Death of Muammar Qaddafi – Rose Garden – October 20, 2011
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE DEATH OF MUAMMAR QADDAFI - Rose Garden - 2:07 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Today, the government of Libya announced the death of Muammar Qaddafi. This marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya, who now have the opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic Libya. For four decades, the Qaddafi regime ruled the Libyan people with an iron fist. Basic human rights were denied. Innocent civilians were detained, beaten and killed. And Libya’s wealth was squandered. The enormous potential of the Libyan people was held back, and terror was used as a political weapon. Today, we can definitively say that the Qaddafi regime has come to an end. The last major regime strongholds [...]
Gaddafi Killed in or Near Sirte
By Karl Gotthardt The Libyan Dictator Muammed Gaddafi, according Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril has been killed during the liberation of his hometown of Sirte. Reuters and the NTC (National Transitional Council) said that the dictator was killed after being found in a bunker. While the reports are still sketchy there are conflicting reports. Initial reports indicated that Gaddafi was in a bunker and was wounded in both legs by Revolutionary Forces. Conflicting reports had him hiding in a hole, a bunker. He later apparently died of his wounds. The initial report indicated that Gaddafi was in the bunker and on discovery pleaded, "Don't Shoot, Don't Shoot". This is almost dejavous with the capture of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. A second report says that Gaddafi tried to [...]
Canadian Report Says NATO Bred Mistrust in Afghanistan
A report released by two Canadian military historians, Jack Granatstein and David Bercuson, says that Canada should think long and hard before entering another coalition, similar to NATO. The report says that NATO bred mistrust in Afghanistan. Part of the problem was the caveats placed on troops of other nations. These restrictions, according to the report, hampered decisions by commanders on the ground. The report lays much of the blame due to the mission not being clearly communicated. As far as the authors of the report are concerned, this caused unnecessary casualties. “This greatly affected Canadian commanders and soldiers in Kandahar, inflicted unnecessary casualties and forced them to rely on U.S. resources, the only military resources that could be counted on, for [...]
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Gaddafi compound captured but he’s not home
Tripoli erupted into celebratory gunfire after rebels stormed and captured Muammar Gaddafi's heavily fortified compound, sending his troops fleeing and raising their flag in victory. Not long after once-feared Bab al-Azizya fell on Tuesday, the insurgent commander in Tripoli, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, said we "won the battle" for Tripoli, and that Gaddafi and his cronies had "fled like rats." "The military battle is over now," he said, adding that 90 per cent of Gaddafi's compound at Bab al-Azizya "has been secured" with some pockets of resistance remaining. From early in the day, the attention of Tripoli and the world was focused on the strongman's headquarters in the massive walled compound in the centre of the capital after rebels launched a fierce assault on it. The sky was filled with [...]
Source: Muammar Gaddafi Flees Libya Son Captured, Rebels surround Tripoli
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has pledged once again to remain in Tripoli until the end, as opposition fighters battled their way towards the capital to reinforce rebels who rose up in the city overnight. Fighting continued into Sunday morning in a few central and eastern neighbourhoods, and rebel flags were raised over some buildings, witnesses said. Much of the population took cover inside their homes. The clashes came a day after forces loyal to Gaddafi used heavy machine guns and mortars to confront lightly armed opposition forces and protesters who took to the streets. As opposition fighters continued what they called their "final push" for the capital, Gaddafi addressed the nation in an audio message aired on state television on Sunday. In it, he refused to surrender and [...]
