US Extends Airstrike Role In Libya Through Monday

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. agreed to NATO's request for a 48-hour extension of American participation in coalition airstrikes against targets in Libya and U.S. lawmakers cautioned Sunday the allies need to know more about the rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces before providing them with weapons.

Two weeks into the assault on Gadhafi, Republican lawmakers expressed concern that a stalemate could leave him in control of portions of Libya and with access to stockpiles of chemical weapons.

The U.S. is shifting the combat role to Britain, France and other NATO allies, but American air power is still in demand. Air Force AC-130 gunships and A-10 Thunderbolts and Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers will continue to attack Gadhafi's troops and other sites through Monday evening. These aircraft are among the most precise in the American arsenal.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_LIBYA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-04-03-15-54-35

[tabatha]

1. Heavy cloud cover was in effect the cause.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Change.

[dipsydoodle]

3. That expression has become synonymous

with "are you having a laugh"

I have no concept of it ever being used in American politics again.

[dipsydoodle]

4. UK has planned for 6 months

:shrug:

RAF stretched to limit, air chief warns

Exclusive: Air Chief Marshal says it can cope with planned six months in Libya but extra cash required in 2014-15 review

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/03/raf-budget-defence-dalton-libya

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Purveyor.

[JJW]

6. Bomb baby, bomb

More blood for oil, ubetcha.

[bowens43]

7. Cranking up Obama's war machine again......

disgusting.

[Yo_Mama]

8. I wish I knew ...

... that we were doing more good than harm.

[bvar22]

9. Oh well, this is just a little extension.

There MUST be a light at the end of the tunnel!
:party:

[dflprincess]

11. I thought so too,

but it turned out to be the C train heading uptown

[joshcryer]

17. OMG THEY WILL BE THERE 20 YEARS!

:rofl:

[DeSwiss]

10. That's the beauty of leasing a war instead of owning it.....

...you can always add a couple more days if you need them and still walk away after you've trashed the place.

- K&R

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. "The U.S. is shifting the combat role to Britain, France and other NATO allies, "

but bombing the shit out of people? Because we are so good at it, and "in demand".

Aw hell, makes as much sense as having a Peace Prize and killing Afghans, Pakistanis and etc.

[creeksneakers2]

13. We should do what it takes to get Khadafi out as soon as

possible. Dragging it out means more people will get killed.

[IamK]

14. NATO request = CIA ground operatives.... it will be a bloody 48 hours....

[WheelWalker]

15. I think so.

[ronnie624]

16. "We know they're against Moammar Gadhafi remaining in power,

but we don't know what they are for."

The "rebel" leaders are "for" having political power for themselves, and the material wealth that comes with it, of course, just like all others who seek power and status. And they would likely do all of the things Gadhafi has done to maintain it.