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2011-05-31 Africa North

Al-Jizz footage captures western troops on ground in Libya

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Posted by Steve White 2011-05-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Peaked caps...Germans?
Pink, short-sleeved shirt...Ahnuld?

Posted by Skidmark 2011-05-31 02:00|| 2011-05-31 02:00|| Front Page Top

#2 you can look funny in uniform, but that makes you not a westerner.

Posted by newc 2011-05-31 03:17|| 2011-05-31 03:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Pink shirt, UK intelligence type. Notorious for rampant homosexuality.

Posted by phil_b 2011-05-31 03:20|| 2011-05-31 03:20|| Front Page Top

#4 They didn't seem camera shy. My bet is they are hired guns imported and payed with the $500 million the rebels took from the Libyan Central bank.

Posted by Griting Smith6978 2011-05-31 04:09|| 2011-05-31 04:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Name a single Secular or near-Secular government or entity in the arab world that has received even moral support in the past 30 years. When you acquire leadership in Western Civilization, you leave intelligence at the door to power.

Posted by Ebbomock Oppressor of the Poles4597 2011-05-31 15:36|| 2011-05-31 15:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Update
Former SAS soldiers and other western employees of private security companies are helping Nato identify targets in the Libyan port city of Misrata, the scene of heavy fighting between Gaddafi's forces and rebels, well-placed sources have told the Guardian.

Special forces veterans are passing details of the locations and movements of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to the Naples headquarters of Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, Canadian commander of Nato forces, the sources said.

The targets are then verified by spy planes and US Predator drones. "One piece of human intelligence is not enough," a source said.

The former soldiers are there with the blessing of Britain, France and other Nato countries, which have supplied them with communications equipment. They are likely to be providing information for the pilots of British and French attack helicopters, who are expected to start firing at targets in and around Misrata this week.

Posted by tipper 2011-05-31 15:46|| 2011-05-31 15:46|| Front Page Top

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