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UN Intervention Begins In Libya

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-there's-no-war dept.

maliamnon writes "US, French, and British forces began enforcing a UN resolution (1973/2011) to defend civilians in Libya today. French aircraft are attacking tanks, while the US and possibly UK are supporting the operation with cruise missiles from sea." Update: 03/19 22:34 GMT by T : Adds reader bloggerkg: "More than 110 Tomahawk missiles fired from American and British ships and submarines hit about 20 Libyan air and missile defense targets in western portions of the country, US Vice Adm. William Gortney said at a Pentagon briefing. The US will conduct a damage assessment of the sites, which include SA-5 missiles and communications facilities. A senior US military official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the missiles landed near Misrata and Tripoli, the capital and Gadhafi's stronghold."

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  1. protests by dlt074 · · Score: -1, Troll

    sure hope all the people opposed to Bush attacking other countries come out and protest... i'm not holding my breath though. it's ok, as long as it's their guy ordering the killing.

    hypocrites

  2. Re:What's the goal of it? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your "sig" has a Twitter link. That's all I need to know about you. Idiot.

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  3. Re:What's the goal of it? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your "piss" has a Frost to it. That's all I need to know about you. Idiot.

    And while I post under my account with "excellent" karma, you post as an Anon Coward.

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  4. How is this appropriate for slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought this site was about technology - not about repeating the stories you can find EVERYWHERE else!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Re:What's the goal of it? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: -1, Troll

    I see that it isn't allowed to post negative comments in threads started by "Slashdot Employees". How professional of you.

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  6. Re:The US shouldn't be there by cpu6502 · · Score: -1, Troll

    >>>they have a moral obligation to intervene when people are being killed for no apparent reason

    Number of people dead in Iraq and Afghanistan, because the US had a "moral obligation" to act:
    Around 200,000

    Number of people dead if the US Army had done nothing:
    ~3000 (the people that died on 9/11)

    The moral obligation is to do that which leads to the least amount of death. In most cases the answer is to do nothing, rather than to kill.

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