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Report: Italian Ship's Crew Detained in Tripoli
FoxNews.com ^
| 20-March-2011
| AP
Posted on 03/20/2011 6:11:52 PM PDT by topher
ROME -- Italian officials said Sunday they would do whatever it takes to free the crew of an Italian tugboat apparently seized by Libyan officials at Tripoli's port as U.S. and European airstrikes enforced a no-fly zone over Libya.
The "Asso 22" tug of the Naples-based shipping company Augusta Offshore SrL has eight Italian, two Indian and one Ukrainian crew members aboard, state-run RAI television said. Armed men, including one believed to be the Tripoli port commander, detained the crew as Libyan workers aboard were disembarking Saturday and prevented the vessel from leaving port, the report said.
Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said Sunday that Italy was prepared to evacuate the crew "with every possible means."
Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said the situation was fluid and confusing, but that he couldn't exclude that it amounted to a seizure. He said Eni, Italy's oil and gas giant which has significant interests in Libya, had rented the tug for use at oil platforms off the coast.
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They need to kill Qaddafi before he takes everyone he can hostage -- reporters, people in embassies, etc.
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:11:56 PM PDT
by
topher
To: Admin Moderator
Breaking News? Should it be under Frontpage?
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:13:28 PM PDT
by
topher
(Traditional values -- especially family values -- are the values that time has proven them to work)
To: topher
Asso 22
there is your problem right there
To: topher
Gadhafi will get desperate, he has nothing to lose and will take out all he can with him if need be.
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:15:28 PM PDT
by
bcr100
To: topher
Italian officials said Sunday they would do whatever it takes "We breaka you legs!"
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:15:54 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: beebuster2000
Sounds more Greek than Italian.
LOL.
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:16:45 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: topher
Hindsight ‘was’ 20/20. . .and they did nothing. We have only to wait and see, ‘the descent’ per frikin consequences.
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:18:24 PM PDT
by
cricket
(Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .and Obama, not made in the USA either.. .)
To: SIDENET
I guess the Asso 22 is a little behind schedule now.
To: SIDENET
Are you implying that Italy might use some assets in Sicily...
The Godfather approach to International diplomacy...
They'll make Qaddafi an offer he cannot refuse...
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:21:48 PM PDT
by
topher
(Traditional values -- especially family values -- are the values that time has proven them to work)
To: cricket
Hindsight ‘was’ 20/20. are you saying the crew of the Asso should have used hindsight?
To: topher
Italy should have been spearheading the entire effort...
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:24:21 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: topher
Well, I sympathize with the crew. But you can’t very well start a war with a sovereign country, bomb their cities, try to kill their leader, and expect no retaliation.
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:24:21 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: topher
Size up for a Cement Overcoat?
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:24:28 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: beebuster2000
We’ll need a crack team to rescue them.
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:34:27 PM PDT
by
Winstons Julia
(when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
To: Winstons Julia
Now that the Asso incident is out where all can see, Obama wont be able to paper over the cracks in the alliance.
To: topher
Does anyone even remotely trust the motives behind this sad endangerment of American lives?
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:44:24 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: beebuster2000
I have no rebuttal for your assertion.
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:47:34 PM PDT
by
Winstons Julia
(when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
To: BenLurkin
Yes they should have, and they have the military to do it with.
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posted on
03/20/2011 6:53:56 PM PDT
by
MSF BU
(YR'S Please Support our troops: JOIN THEM!)
To: topher
How long before all of the Mooselimbs all over the Middle East destroy all of their oil wells, storage and shipping facilities in one big scorched earth party? Probably not long, if Israel is bothered by the enemy.
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posted on
03/20/2011 7:27:00 PM PDT
by
familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote.)
To: beebuster2000
lol, it’s just too easy, isn’t it?
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posted on
03/20/2011 7:53:02 PM PDT
by
HollyB
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