Apache helicopters to be sent into Libya by Britain

The Guardian ^ | Monday 23 May 2011 | Richard Norton-Taylor

[Lurker]

From where will these helicopters come?

[org.whodat]

It is not about their inability to protect anything, they are doing a damn fine job of killing people, it is about the ability of the ragtags, that cannot move off of the four acres of ground they control. But daffy does have shoulder fire missiles, this should be interesting.

[Semper911]

Must be those new “non-kinetic” helos.

[Yo-Yo]

From where will these helicopters come?

Sarc?

The United States isn't the only country in the world that flies the AH-64.

[blueunicorn6]

This is going really well.

[Del Rapier]

Going into a war halfway is like going into a whorehouse with no protection and no cash.

[SkyPilot]

Prince Harry flies Apaches for the British Army.

Harry is Apache warrior

[newzjunkey]

We absolutely should be out of this. It’s a Libyan civil war, maybe even a revolutionary war.

[DTogo]

However, the helicopters could be vulnerable to hand-held rocket propelled grenades and even rifle fire.

A couple cross-firing Dragunov's and/or 12.7mm heavy machine guns on the backs of pick-ups (rebel or Ghadafi?) could spell disaster for these lethal but lightly armored gunships.

[MinorityRepublican]

No way they’re sending the Prince to Libya. Harry’s a national treasure. By the way, he looks different now.

[Elendur]

this is so bizarro world... i am having a hard time understanding this...
the Guardian, and the liberal media. that condemned Bush for his “blood for oil” war, support this ?!?

the “rebels” have confirmed ties to Al-Queda. the same people we are bombing in Afghanistan, and we are helping them in Libya?
We are KILLING large numbers of Libyans, who aren’t our enemy... ...because of “reported” civilian deaths, with less evidence than Al-Dura’s death.

so the UN authorized a no fly zone, to protect civilians from airplanes. Then NATO proceeds to conduct major operations, having nothing to do with a “no fly” zone, and resulting in the killing of MANY Libyans, including CHILDREN (confirmed, not imaginary), sinking the Libyan navy, etc. ...NATO has arguably killed more civilians than Quaddafi, even if the reports from the “rebels” are true!

How is what Quadaffi was doing, any different than NATO member Turkey killing Kurdish civilians, bombing women and children in their villages?
and how is what Quadaffi was doing, any different than what we are doing with unmanned drone strikes in Warizastan ?
(Not to mention, that Quadaffi was one of the only Muslim leaders, who was actually helping us against terrorists... revealing to us the very terrorists who we are now helping in eastern Libya...)

Just as Obama met with the Muslim Brotherhood in advance, months before Mubarak was forced out. ...and the result? the attacks against Coptic Christians are worse!
(which Obama not only doesn’t condemn, he rewards them, with a billion dollars!)
and now Obama justifies Palestinian demands, making a full blown middle east war more likely. If he was deliberately trying to destabilize the world, what would he do different?
Am i understanding this correctly? If so, i wish this was just a nightmare, not reality...

[ladyvet]

Soooo when all is said and done, who is paying to rebuild the place?

[hal ogen]

Hold on to your wallets!

[spokeshave]

Black Hawk Down Redux.

followed by mucho boots on the ground.

0bambi's battle song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE_1tCasi_Q

[culpeper]

We’re not fighting Eastasia anymore, we’re fighting Eurasia.

[Eldon Tyrell]

Better hope the Libyans don’t have 3 anti-ship missiles .....

[EEGator]

We have always been at war with Eurasia.

[culpeper]

I must have missed the five minute hate.

[Thunder90]

The Brits are sending in additional SAS and possibly artillery and tanks to assist the Libyan rebels. There is talk that the US may send in ground forces in July if this does not resolve itself by then.