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| NATO sez sinks eight Libyan warships in.... NO SAILING ZONE |
| 2011-05-20 |
| NATO aircraft sank eight warships belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in overnight attacks, the alliance said. The ships were sunk in coordinated attacks on the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte, an alliance statement said. "Given the escalating use of naval assets, NATO had no choice but to take decisive action to protect the civilian population of Libya and NATO forces at sea," Rear-Admiral Russell Harding, deputy commander of the NATO mission in Libya, said in the statement. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 I think a more accurate decription would be "No Floating Zone" |
| Posted by: Gmanzato 2011-05-20 15:16 |
| #3 "Mister Jones, prepare a broadside of grape astride their fo'c's'le, and issue cutlasses to the boarding party!" "Aye, Cap'n!" |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-20 13:16 |
| #2 Oh my. I'm sure we'll soon find out that half the civilian population of Libya was on those warships. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-05-20 12:45 |
| #1 Tora Tora Tora Was Japan consulted on this? They're really good at this kind of thing and I though NATO might ask for some advice from the experts. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2011-05-20 10:10 |