What do we know about the NTC? Isn;t the leader someone who defected from the current government? Strikes me it'll be the same thing with a different face when this is all over. Adding "Allied" airstrikes means we are responsible for whatever we get, if we're going to participate, I think we should have a say in what the final government looks like. If they will do what they will I am far less interested.

If you're gonna nation build, I think you need to stick around and nation build, otherwise what's the point? Spend millions (or billions) to make a government we won't be able to tell from the one that preceded it?

The rebels don't have the equipment to take Gaddafi and his armour on, their best chance is the west destrying as much they can find from the ir and then hopefully more of the Gaddafi supporters might change sides.

Otherwise this looks like it could be a long drawn out affair.

http://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=MLA

This is the live ATC feed for Malta on which you can hear coalition aircraft as they are transitting to and from the NFZ.

Some guys on keypublishing forums have picked up some interesting stuff.

*twitch*

Rebels, what rebels? I would have thought the power of the people would have prevailed! Well wait a minute maybe it did, I mean of all the hype and hoopala about rebels and freedom and democracy. It seems to me it's just a relatively very few people supposedly holed up in Bengazi. To top it off NATO initiates a no-fly zone like Bush in Iraq upon the request of some unknown and obscure rebel's request on national news. Just where are the rebels? How many are there? What is their cause and intent?

Just curious as it appears, up until the bombing started, the vast majority of the country were just trying to get on about their business?

Yeah, there is a dedicated section on another forum elsewhere and the members are taking it in turns to type each and every transmission...they even know which air unit is which by their call signs.....quite impressive.

Who needs GCHQ anymore? That'll be the next budget cut target. :doh:

*whistles The Lincolnshire Poacher*

It was reported that Col Gaddafi has in the neighborhood of $30 billion dollars in his countries assets at his disposal.

What kind of war can you fight with that kind of money?

How can a dirty no good killing mad man do his dirty business of terrorism with that kind of money?

All he has to do is pick up the phone ...

Of course their is a story of old where they just threw the head pf the offending party over the wall to stop the intruders from killing ever one in the city.

This was the option in Romaina

Maybe the UN should post a $10 million reward for the proof of death or capture of Col Gaddafi, all of a sudden many eyes will be looking at him!:yep:

Strike Eagle down.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12816226

Agreed. Too bad these people were not as decisive on Iraq. :cool:

They were decisive on Iraq.
Its just that some of them then went against that descision and ended up involved in a mess in Mesopotania which ended up doing Irans work for them.

Saw that.


Glad to see the pilots are ok.

At least it made it back over rebel lines. Probably ate a flaming onion which disagreed with it.