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| Libyan website reports rebels sink Gaddafi ships |
| 2011-03-15 |
| The rebels have an Air Force?? An opposition Libyan news website reported on Tuesday that rebels flying a MiG 23 warplane and a helicopter sank two pro-Gaddafi warships off the eastern coast near the town of Adjabiyah. The Brnieq online newspaper quoted an unnamed airforce officer at the Benina airbase in Benghazi as saying the two aircraft also bombed an unspecified number of tanks near Brega and Ajdabiya, two towns that fell to pro-Gaddafi forces on Tuesday. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 As I understand it, at the beginning of the revolt, there were some MIGs in the Libyan AF and they were at the base near Tripoli. Where they were yesterday, who knows. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2011-03-15 18:49 |
| #4 My first thought, confirmation. Second, if true, reporters can be idiots it could be any kind of warplane. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-03-15 18:43 |
| #3 Paging Baghdad Bob... I understand why they're doing this, though - the impulse of the ordinary soldier to avoid being the last man killed in a losing war is hard to resist. The last straw that triggers the complete disintegration of the rebels as a fighting force might be a simple rumor. I suspect the next few days will seeing a large number of rebels flee for their lives in the direction of Egypt, where they could pose a political problem for the Egyptians. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2011-03-15 18:13 |
| #2 maybe air force officers who defcted when Benghazi was overthrown? |
| Posted by: chris 2011-03-15 17:59 |
| #1 Well, we know at least two planes and at least one helicopter flew to Malta. I thought those were Mirages, though, not MiGs. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2011-03-15 17:32 |