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2011-07-19 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2011-07-19 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 "Most of the troops going in right now are anti-mine teams."

It's not like you send out some chump wrapped in a bed mattress with a shovel to de-mine. Can you say "Boots on the ground"?

Posted by DepotGuy 2011-07-19 09:59|| 2011-07-19 09:59|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Spats Cruse6267 2011-07-19 12:14|| 2011-07-19 12:14|| Front Page Top

#3 America has no people in country,who cares if a bunch of euro zone fake democratic rebels working with elements of Al Qaeda get blown up!

Posted by Rupert Stalin1589 2011-07-19 16:25|| 2011-07-19 16:25|| Front Page Top

#4 America has no people in country

Don't bet on it - TLA. Also a lot of the new leadership either received asylum or had immigrant status in America. We're hip deep and spending more than any other country on Libya, about 4X that of France, even though "we're not actively involved"

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-07-19 16:35|| 2011-07-19 16:35|| Front Page Top

#5 America has no people in country,who cares if a bunch of euro zone fake democratic rebels working with elements of Al Qaeda get blown up!

I see the short bus from Virginia made a stop here.

Twice.

Posted by Pappy 2011-07-19 21:49|| 2011-07-19 21:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Iff OBL's "Core" Al-Qaeda + Hezbollah have one thing in common wid Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood + Islamist movements, its support for the MB's threat to deny Suez Canal access to foreign shipping doing business or trade wid Israel, espec the "Great Satan" USA.

Now that ex-MB AYMAN ZAWAHIRI has ascended to BFF the late OBL's position as top El Hefe/Supremo for "Core" Al-Qaeda, I expect the above support to continue + for Ayman to work to reduce the ideo differences between Al-Qaeda + MB.

DESPITE THEIR RHETORIC TO THE CONTRARY, I DON'T SEE THE NFZ COALITION + UNO GETTING RID OF UNCLE MUAMMAR UNLESS THEY KNOW WID HIGH CERTAINTY HOW POST-MUBARAK, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD/RADICAL- INFLUENCED EGYPT WILL TURN COME END-OF-SUMMER ELEX.

Barring internal close assasination, death by air strike, or self-resignation/abdication from power, IMO Uncle Muammar is prob safe for another 6-12 months easy.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-07-19 22:55|| 2011-07-19 22:55|| Front Page Top

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