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Old 03-21-11, 08:11 AM   #244
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There are contradictory reports coming out.

Le Figaro reports that french planes struck Khadafi's armour on sunday at 6h30 and 10h30 (local time) outside Benghazi knocking out many dozens of AFVs including T-72s and SP guns. Khadafi's forces were in full retreat on sunday away from Benghazi.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/international...e-benghazi.php

meanwhile Le Monde reports that French planes carried out no strikes on sunday because Khadafi's forces had pulled back. (One answer may be that the attacks were carried out by US or UK planes?).

President Sarkozy is also worried about the apparent pulllback by Arab nations and has been working the phones to convince Qatar and the UAE to follow through on their promises to commit aircraft to the No-Fly Zone.

http://elysee.blog.lemonde.fr/2011/0...ontre-kadhafi/

Of course, no one is talking about the Elephant in the room. The Rebels are too weak to push out Khadafi on their own and its doubtful the air strikes will be enough to tip the balance. Now that France, UK, Canada, Denmark and the USA are at war with Khadafi, they have no choice but to see it through to the end, which can only mean one thing: GROUND TROOPS.
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