Libyan rebels seize British SAS troops-Sunday Times

Reuters ^ | Mar 6, 2011 | Stefano Ambrogi

[mewzilla]

UK silent on report Libyan rebels seize troops

[mewzilla]

Still more info, FWIW, here....

Top UK commandos captured by rebel forces in Libya: Report

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Libyan rebels have captured a British special forces unit in the east of the country after a secret diplomatic mission to make contact with opposition leaders backfired, Britain's Sunday Times reported.

UK diplomatic/political incompetence to send these brave men into a trap.

[Truth29]

"How do 8 SAS lads get seized by the rebels, who by most media accounts appear to lack proper training, equipment, and organization?"

Given the nature of the mission, I'll bet they had ROEs that prevented them firing on the rebels.

[philoctetes]

“sooooo....this shows that the rebels are just as anti west as Kadafi. Take their oil and the hell with em.”
You have just summed up in ten words what the MSM is about to push as foreign policy. There is a special place in hell for hypocrites

[bill1952]

Irrespective of most of the interesting commentary on this, the British were truly stupid to send 8 men as bodyguards into a civil war.

I mean far left liberal loon trash stupid, as in educated by some public school system.
Sending good men into a war zone to talk.
Ever hear of preplanned discrete advance contact & mutual meetings in safe & neutral places?
This sounds like dreamy flower power hippy can't we all just get along thinking.

Public schools:

islands of liberal insanity surrounded by reality.

[huldah1776]

Personally, if I wanted to train the rebels in order to help them topple the gov’t, I would set this up. If the rebels were smart, they would get the Brits to help.

[McGruff]

Defence secretary Liam Fox today confirmed a British diplomatic team is in Libya talking to rebel forces...Sources believe the rebels who took the SAS members and junior diplomat are simply “making a point”.

Listen closely you morons. Apparently they are trying to help you. If you're not smart enough to understand that, you deserve what you get. Jeez.

[RetiredArmy]

Where is Monte when they need him!!! Rather, Patton is needed with a division of tanks. That’d fix it quick.

[Gondring]

The Libyan desert never did agree with British troops...

Huh? If the reports are correct and these were members of 22 SAS Regiment, they were founded in the Libyan desert! I'd say Iraq hasn't been kind, considering Bravo Two Zero.

[Last Dakotan]

German generals considered North Africa a tactician's paradise and a quartermaster's hell

[manc]

if this is true then you can be sure the SAS will go on and kill everyone of these people now.

[manc]

so the Brits and even the Dutch have gone on and done something and OBAMA IS GOLFING

What a prize clown we have and even more sad is his cult who adore this muppet

[PapaBear3625]

How do 8 SAS lads get seized by the rebels, who by most media accounts appear to lack proper training, equipment, and organization?

What many forget is that Muslim forces can be willing to spend more men than an eight-man patrol has ammo for.

The Brits would have been better off dropping a satellite phone from a UAV on each rebel stronghold and chatting with them remotely. If they got somebody worth talking to, they could use another UAV to airdrop a small video conferencing system.

[Vaquero]

[Tommyjo]

They have now been released.

[Vanders9]

Its the rebels who have siezed them. Not Gaddafi.

[The KG9 Kid]

Give it a little while.

[Chgogal]

Off the top of my head, this has more to do with BP and getting control of flowing oil.....just sayin.

[egannacht]

In the meantime from Drudge UK ‘to send team of spies’ to help oust Gadhafi... British Army readies for mission at 24 hours’ notice... Obama goes golfing... Note OBAMA goes golfing

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Libyans need only read Drudge