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2011-02-27 Britain
SAS rescue Britons from Libya; oil workers stranded?
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Posted by lotp 2011-02-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 In other news, HRC sent a ferry for the Americans. A Ferry.
Posted by newc 2011-02-27 01:50||   2011-02-27 01:50|| Front Page Top

#2 And not a very large one.
Posted by lotp 2011-02-27 06:57||   2011-02-27 06:57|| Front Page Top

#3 In fairness, it just didn't seem that there were that many Americans in Libya needing to scram in a hurry.
Posted by Sgt.Mom  2011-02-27 08:26|| http/://ncobrief.com  2011-02-27 08:26|| Front Page Top

#4 And not a very large one.

Budget cuts, you know...
Posted by Pappy 2011-02-27 09:20||   2011-02-27 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 In fairness, it just didn't seem that there were that many Americans in Libya needing to scram in a hurry.

Yeah, but maybe it would be nice to have a bigger one to help someone else out.
Posted by gorb 2011-02-27 13:36||   2011-02-27 13:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Yeah, but maybe it would be nice to have a bigger one to help someone else out.

There was an issue as to whether the vessel could handle the seas, which leads one to presume that it was a local-hire by a local embassy employee.

As to "help someone else out"... they likely would not have met the State's demographic requirements for assistance.
Posted by Pappy 2011-02-27 16:06||   2011-02-27 16:06|| Front Page Top

#7 A friend of mine got out just days before the "festivities" began. There are quite a few Americans in Libya - maybe as many as 5000, I don't know. I do know that HRC didn't know either. In that kind of situation, SMART planners plan for more, not less. As for ferries, some of the ferries in the Med can carry as many as 1000 passengers at a time.
Posted by Old Patriot 2011-02-27 16:59||   2011-02-27 16:59|| Front Page Top

#8 The Telegraph just reported Sunday night missions by the RAF, SAS & SBS. Another 150 evacuated.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-27 18:01||   2011-02-27 18:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Only 20-25% of the passengers were American. But why are there any Americans, not connected w/ the embassy, in Libya.
Posted by Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-02-27 18:02||   2011-02-27 18:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Given our past recent history with Libya, I'm with PG1127. I'd be as shocked as all get-out that there were more than a couple of dozen American citizens, over and above embassy employees and family members and stray tourists in the whole bloody wretched country. But then, I've been leading a sheltered life since I retired from the Air Force.
Posted by Sgt.Mom  2011-02-27 19:30|| http/://ncobrief.com  2011-02-27 19:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Since no one has said it yet. The RAF, SAS and SBS RULE!!!
Clearly the British Lion still has a few good roars left. Keep it up guys!
Rifle308
Posted by Rifle 308  2011-02-27 19:53||   2011-02-27 19:53|| Front Page Top

#12 A late friend of mine who had done pipeline work there said it compared negatively to Nigeria.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-02-27 20:55||   2011-02-27 20:55|| Front Page Top

#13 So the UK went in, and they didn't the PoS they released on the way out? Don't get me wrong, I think they did great work getting their people out. Just think it was a missed opportunity.
Posted by Charles 2011-02-27 21:17||   2011-02-27 21:17|| Front Page Top

#14 But why are there any Americans, not connected w/ the embassy, in Libya.

Because they can?
Posted by Pappy 2011-02-27 21:20||   2011-02-27 21:20|| Front Page Top

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