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April 01, 2011
NATO Warns Rebels Against Attacking Civilians
NATO Warns Rebels Against Attacking Civilians
Members of the NATO alliance have sternly warned the rebels in Libya not to attack civilians as they push against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, according to senior military and government officials.
As NATO takes over control of airstrikes in Libya, and the Obama administration considers new steps to tip the balance of power there, the coalition has told the rebels that if they endanger civilians, they will not be shielded from possible bombardment by NATO planes and missiles, just as the government’s forces have been punished.
“We’ve been conveying a message to the rebels that we will be compelled to defend civilians, whether pro-Qaddafi or pro-opposition,” said a senior Obama administration official. “We are working very hard behind the scenes with the rebels so we don’t confront a situation where we face a decision to strike the rebels to defend civilians.”
The warnings, and intense consultations within the NATO-led coalition over its rules for attacking anyone who endangers innocent civilians, come at a time when the civil war in Libya is becoming ever more chaotic, and the battle lines ever less distinct. They raise a fundamental question that the military is now grappling with: who in Libya is a civilian?
Wild Thing's comment.........
Obama has no idea what he has gotten us into on this one.
“We’ve been conveying a message to the rebels that we will be compelled to defend civilians, whether pro-Qaddafi or pro-opposition,” said a senior Obama administration official. “We are working very hard behind the scenes with the rebels so we don’t confront a situation where we face a decision to strike the rebels to defend civilians.”
( just a thought but maybe the)..... Translation: the Al Qaeda 'rebels' have started massacring pro-Qaddafi civilians.
So we are now on both sides of this civil war.
Or perhaps we are a third side. This whole thing is confusing. Obama is community organzing a war it seems and he is horrible at everything he does.
Asking Al Qaeda to not attack civilians is absurd. They killed 3000 in one day and celebrated it.
This is like some kind of sick comedy of how not to run a war. Never give a community organizer war weapons including putting him as CIC of our troops.
Posted by Wild Thing at April 1, 2011 06:55 AM
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And if they do, then what ? Then we fight both, side with Gadfly, or leave. They have no plan and shouldn't be there in the first place.
Posted by: Mark at April 1, 2011 07:20 AM
Either that or Al Qaeda has been killing groups of Christians. There were about 60,00 Coptic Orthodox Christians as well as 40,000 Roman Catholics in Libya.
Posted by: MrHappy at April 1, 2011 08:29 AM
WHEN in ALLAH'S name did NATO define WHOM these islamofascist rebels... ARE?
UNecessary + NATO = INFIDELS in the eyes of Allah!
This is insanity 101...
Western Democracy in Burkaville?
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at April 1, 2011 08:54 AM
obama has gotten us into a real mess. He has violated almost every principal of war. obama is as confused as the UN usually is.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at April 1, 2011 10:40 AM
There's no good and bad when it comes to these people. Either side will kill their opponents unmercifully and then turn against us.
Posted by: BobF at April 1, 2011 10:46 AM
The biggest question out there is:
WHY HASN'T THIS POSER BEEN IMPEACHED?
Posted by: Eddie (Enemy of the State) at April 1, 2011 11:44 AM
Thank you everyone so much.
It sure is a mess and will the left media point to obama or not too would be what should happen. But I doubt they will.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 2, 2011 04:18 AM
