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| Strikes force Gadhafi back; NATO ships patrol sea |
| 2011-03-23 |
| International airstrikes forced Moammar Gadhafi's tanks to roll back from the western city of Misrata on Wednesday, giving respite to civilians who have endured more than a week of attacks and a punishing blockade. Speaking from the U.S. command ship in the Mediterranean, Rear Adm. Gerard Hueber said the coalition was targeting Gadhafi's mechanized forces, his artillery and mobile missile sites as well as ammunition and other military supplies. He said coalition forces have moved west to try to protect Ajdabiya and Misrata. A doctor in Misrata said the tanks fled after the airstrikes began around midnight, giving a much-needed reprieve to the city, which is inaccessible to human rights monitors or journalists. He said the airstrikes, which Canada said were from its pilots, struck the aviation academy and a vacant lot outside the central hospital. |
| Posted by:Oscar Spineck3066 |
| #6 All of this makes me quiet sad. It's not nice when the relationship between former friends breaks down. Another one under the bus for Barry, I guess. I wish they'd get a relationship expert to help. This is getting quiet catty. |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-03-23 22:27 |
| #5 "Seems that the ROE have been a trifle fudged by the Zero" Zero's partying in Rio, Alan - pretending he's in charge. We both know who's really fudging things. Shrillery finally got to answer her 3 am phone call.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-03-23 20:44 |
| #4 Just sayin', isn't this supposed to be a "No Fly Zone"? Seems that the ROE have been a trifle fudged by the Zero, no? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2011-03-23 20:38 |
| #3 While they may have lots of tanks and stuff, they really have less than a couple thousand troops that can use it. And I doubt many of those trained troops would be happy to fire any of it up with the potential from attacks from the air. These folks are going to quietly disappear into the population. At this point, we just need to get every rebel a bayonet, a Kalashnikov and a few magazines of ammo, then let them go mano-a-mano with Daffy's mercs. |
| Posted by: rammer 2011-03-23 20:10 |
| #2 All that airpower built to stop Russian tanks on the North German Plain is finally getting put to use. Just before it goes obselete. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-03-23 19:53 |
| #1 Saw on CNN that Libya started out with something like 2000 armored vehicles, 4000 artillery pieces, and I forget how many mortars. We've got our work cut out for us, but putting the tanks and armored convoys out of action is the most important. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-03-23 19:09 |