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U.S. says missile strikes on Libya only "first phase"
reuters ^ | March 19, 2011 | Missy Ryan and Phil Stewart

Posted on 03/19/2011 8:16:56 PM PDT by PROCON

Reuters) - A series of more than 110 cruise missile strikes on Libyan targets is only the first phase of a multiphase operation, a senior U.S. military official said on Saturday.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: libya
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To: PROCON

Obozo got a green light from the international community, but did he get a resolution from congress? Bush got congressional approval for both Afghanistan and Iraq, if you recall. And he still got heat from Code Pink, A.N.S.W.E.R. and other assorted hippie freaks. Where are they now?


21 posted on 03/19/2011 8:25:50 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: PROCON

Seems to me we could take the rubble from Fukushima and dump it in Libiya. Problem solved for both countries.


22 posted on 03/19/2011 8:26:10 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (I don't prep for the disaster. I prepare for the rebuilding.)
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To: Vigilanteman
Where are they now?

Drum circle in Madison, WI.

23 posted on 03/19/2011 8:27:34 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (I don't prep for the disaster. I prepare for the rebuilding.)
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To: Vigilanteman
Obozo got a green light from the international community, but did he get a resolution from congress?

No he didn't, excellent point!

24 posted on 03/19/2011 8:29:30 PM PDT by PROCON (Republicans: we elected you, DON'T let us down; 2011: the year of REPEAL!)
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To: PROCON
Phase II: A moratorium on all oil production in Libya

Phase III: Cap-n-Trade legislation where all Libyans must engage in a unionized Green Job with single payer health care

25 posted on 03/19/2011 8:31:16 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: FourPeas

they are lots more than that now

more than a million apiece


26 posted on 03/19/2011 8:31:55 PM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: PROCON

Michelle 0bama is finally proud of her country.


27 posted on 03/19/2011 8:32:19 PM PDT by Drango (NO-vember is payback for April 15th)
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To: GeronL
I guess those 800 Marines off the coast are to be a future phase?

I certainly hope not; not that the Marines couldn't do the job, but I don't want to see any of our boys dead for 0bama's war!

28 posted on 03/19/2011 8:32:45 PM PDT by PROCON (Republicans: we elected you, DON'T let us down; 2011: the year of REPEAL!)
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To: silverleaf

The Tomahawk is currently $1.6M


29 posted on 03/19/2011 8:33:01 PM PDT by Strategerist (There is only so much stupidity one man can prevent - Andrew Marshall)
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To: DTogo

Obama’s plan is coming together, $7/gal gasoline, and an Islamic Caliphate in the entire Middle East.


30 posted on 03/19/2011 8:33:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: headstamp 2

We pay taxes to defend Libyan rebels but not the people of Arizona, in other words. Got it.


31 posted on 03/19/2011 8:34:13 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (NPR= Nazi Propaganda Radio)
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To: DTogo

ROFLOL, stop it, your killing me...


32 posted on 03/19/2011 8:34:20 PM PDT by PROCON (Republicans: we elected you, DON'T let us down; 2011: the year of REPEAL!)
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To: Strategerist
The Tomahawk is currently $1.6M

OK, I'll take three please. Is there sales tax on those?

33 posted on 03/19/2011 8:34:45 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: cripplecreek
Operation Obama’s Folly.

Hopefully not Operation Gothic Serpent II (although I suspect it will be.)
34 posted on 03/19/2011 8:34:45 PM PDT by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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To: FourPeas

Don’t you worry-—China has plenty of money to loan us!


35 posted on 03/19/2011 8:35:27 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (NPR= Nazi Propaganda Radio)
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To: cmj328

Call me crazy and off my meds, but I don’t trust Oblahblah with that task.


36 posted on 03/19/2011 8:36:43 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (NPR= Nazi Propaganda Radio)
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To: GeronL

The Tip of The Spear....


37 posted on 03/19/2011 8:37:44 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (NPR= Nazi Propaganda Radio)
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To: Cementjungle

thanks, I knew it was over a million
so today was a big day for our budget, but just look at what we bought...
(crickets)


38 posted on 03/19/2011 8:38:24 PM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: Cementjungle

thanks, I knew it was over a million
so today was a big day for our budget, but just look at what we bought...
(crickets)


39 posted on 03/19/2011 8:38:30 PM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: PROCON

Or the EU’s war.


40 posted on 03/19/2011 8:38:50 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (NPR= Nazi Propaganda Radio)
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