U.S. Says Gadhafi Might Flee Tripoli

Wall Street Journal ^ | June 23, 2011 | ADAM ENTOUS AND JULIAN E. BARNES

[Free ThinkerNY]

WASHINGTON—New U.S. intelligence shows Col. Moammar Gadhafi is "seriously considering" fleeing Tripoli for a more secure location outside the capital, according to U.S. officials, raising the prospect that the Libyan leader's hold on power is increasingly fragile.

[org.whodat]

Good then cutting off funding will have no impact. Planted story for up coming vote, nothing more.

[Navy Patriot]

I gotta agree.

[ladyjane]

And the reason we are going after him is...?

[Lurker]

He “might” flee. I can say with equal confidence that he “might” turn into pack of rabid howler monkeys who have miraculously developed the ability to crap Skittles.

[Psalm 144]

I now put “U.S.” credibility about on a par with Turkey. More credible than, say, Venezuela or Iran, but less credible than Poland or Taiwan.

[lookout88]

I never would have guessed I would be pulling for Momar to survive

[240B]

True, they have already planted this story 6 times in the last 3 months. Each time, Kadaffy makes a speech afterward.

They may be setting him up to find out where he is.

I do not believe that they have any information at all that he is about to leave the country. It is a planted story.

Why would he leave now when he is on the brink of victory? It makes no sense.

[DIRTYSECRET]

I think they should imprison his female bodyguards in Guantanamo and share the same cells with the others. No one will complain.

[fantom]

I think they should imprison the scum who ginned up this pathetically hamfisted oil grab attempt. Lybia is the Europes larget supplier of product . The Brits own the rigs and the infrastructure . Italy is getting cold feet . The French are frauds so they will hang on until the bitter end. I would love to see $ 20 per gallon gas in Paris. Finally a war where the winners actually get the oil.

[BobP]

Who's hiding under that horrible coat?

Would you trust her for advice on anything? Hijbab Clinton and the rest of the ruling elite are of Washington, by Washington and For Washington, I have to assume she is lying through her teeth. She says that the world has prevented a massacre of the sort seen in Srebrenica in 1995 through the intervention in Libya (Friday, April 15, 2011).

The United States is not engaged in a war with Libya and the War Powers Resolution does not apply to U.S. military action there, according to two White House officials who briefed reporters on Wednesday. "We're now in a position where we're operating in a support role. We're not engaged in any of the activities that over history have been considered hostilities under the stature."

[TigersEye]

How does prolonging a conflict and bringing in heavier weapons reduce casualties? Is that a “kinetic military action” thing?

[ArmstedFragg]

There are at least three similar stories, and all of them showed up today. The last time we saw something similar it turned out to be an organized plant.