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NATO bombs rock Tripoli, Libya rebels advance
AFP ^ | May 10 2011 | W.G. Dunlop

Posted on 05/10/2011 12:45:55 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

TRIPOLI — A NATO bombing blitz rocked Tripoli Tuesday while rebels in besieged Misrata said they are pushing back Moamer Kadhafi's forces and the UN warned Libya is being paralysed by widespread shortages.

Jets screamed in low over the Libyan capital in the early hours of the morning, carrying out an unusually heavy bombardment over roughly three hours, an AFP correspondent said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: libya; nato; quagmire; tripoli

1 posted on 05/10/2011 12:45:58 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

So a no fly zone is now ground sweeping and killing all men women and children in your path. Did not know that!!!!!!


2 posted on 05/10/2011 1:53:29 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Berlin_Freeper

This is nuts. I can’t imagine a new islamic regime being any friendlier to American interests than a crazy-as-hell socialist regime.


3 posted on 05/10/2011 10:57:17 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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