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Post by panzerman on Mar 20, 2011 19:23:36 GMT -8
Finally, thanks to David Camerons leadership, the UN imposed a, "no fly " zone in Libya. Today, French, British warplanes shot down some Libyan fighter bombers, and destroyed some of Ghadaffys tanks, thus protecting innocent civilians. Ghadaffys days are numbered. Hopefully, he will stand trail for ordering the Lockerbie airliner bombing, and numerous other war crimes.
John
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Post by lamprima2 on Mar 20, 2011 22:00:42 GMT -8
No doubt, bombing of Tripoli will save lots of lives.
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Post by saturniidave on Mar 21, 2011 10:30:16 GMT -8
So why don't they do the same to Mugabe? Oh of course, Zimbabwe has no oil!  |
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Post by lamprima2 on Mar 21, 2011 11:01:44 GMT -8
Democratic nations leaded by Mr. Cameron can not afford to save lives everywhere across the Globe:
the number of tomahawk missiles is limited.
Sergey
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2011 16:22:50 GMT -8
why does'nt Cameron just go in and talk to Gadaffi and bore him to death, he would soon surrender, he has that effect on me, national deficit, national deficit, national deficit, nat.....................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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Post by panzerman on Mar 22, 2011 18:19:52 GMT -8
Mugabe and his bandit regime would take a different approach. In 1954, The British Govt. send in a special commando unit to "neutralize" the murderous Mau Mau in Kenya, amazingly these white anglo-saxons were able to infiltrate the Mau Mau gangs, kill their leaders, end their reign of terror in Kenya. This sort of thing would work in Zimbabwe, since Mugabe and his thugs are a modern version of the Mau Mau. The people in Zimbabwe were much better off under Ian Smith, when it was called Rhodesia.
John
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Post by mikelock34 on Mar 23, 2011 16:01:47 GMT -8
Finally, thanks to David Camerons leadership, the UN imposed a, "no fly " zone in Libya. Today, French, British warplanes shot down some Libyan fighter bombers, and destroyed some of Ghadaffys tanks, thus protecting innocent civilians. Ghadaffys days are numbered. Hopefully, he will stand trail for ordering the Lockerbie airliner bombing, and numerous other war crimes. John When will the president of the usa go on trial for murdering 290 civilians aboard Iran Air Flight 655? |
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Post by lamprima2 on Mar 23, 2011 18:49:03 GMT -8
John, I checked Mau-Mau upraising on Wikipedia, it looks like the rebels were defeated by regular army. Where did you read about the infiltration of Mau Mau gangs (or freedom-fighters, in modern terminology) by special commando units of white anglo-saxons?
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Sergey
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Post by panzerman on Mar 23, 2011 19:12:51 GMT -8
It was covered in a book,
I borrowed from the City library. This was a documentary circa 1956. It detailed this units exploits, from beginning to when Queen Elizabeth II herself decorated the men upon their return to the UK after they had completed their mission. In todays UK, this subject, probably would not be politically correct. I will try to locate a copy from my "Chapters book store"
John
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Post by papilio28570 on Mar 23, 2011 20:50:17 GMT -8
In 1996, the United States and Iran reached "an agreement in full and final settlement of all disputes, differences, claims, counterclaims" relating to the incident at the International Court of Justice. As part of the settlement, the United States agreed to pay US$61.8 million, an average of $213,103.45 per passenger, in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims. However, the United States has never admitted responsibility, nor apologized to Iran. As of summer 2009 Iran Air was still using flight number IR655 on the Tehran–Dubai route. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655Ronald Reagan was President during the downing of the aircraft. He is currently dead. |
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Post by lamprima2 on Mar 23, 2011 22:35:56 GMT -8
John,
I will appreciate it, if you find the reference - the story you mentioned is intriguing.
Speaking of the history of colonial wars, have you heard about colonel Richard Meinertzhagen?
Best regards,
Sergey
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Post by bobw on Mar 23, 2011 22:56:19 GMT -8
Ronald Reagan was President during the downing of the aircraft. He is currently dead. Let's hope he stays that way! |
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Post by mikelock34 on Mar 24, 2011 1:59:07 GMT -8
In 1996, the United States and Iran reached "an agreement in full and final settlement of all disputes, differences, claims, counterclaims" relating to the incident at the International Court of Justice. As part of the settlement, the United States agreed to pay US$61.8 million, an average of $213,103.45 per passenger, in compensation to the families of the Iranian victims. However, the United States has never admitted responsibility, nor apologized to Iran. As of summer 2009 Iran Air was still using flight number IR655 on the Tehran–Dubai route. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655Ronald Reagan was President during the downing of the aircraft. He is currently dead. I am fairly certain that there has been a president in place in the usa since the attack. Why have charges not been filed yet in that incident? |
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Post by panzerman on Mar 24, 2011 13:44:49 GMT -8
Sergey: Actually, I had never heard of this man....I looked him up, pretty interesting bio! I will do my best to locate that book, wish I had marked down the authour, title. There was another interesting reference work done on the French Foreign Legions elite division made up Austrian, German soldiers who had served with the waffen SS, army units in WW2, now again fighting Communism, the Viet Minh in French Indo China 1946-54. They even launched raids into Red China to destroy training bases, ammunition depots... When finally allowed to return home in 1954, this unit got the French govts highest honour and respect. Charles De Gaulle said, "They were masters of the battlefield" John  |
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Post by longhorn on Mar 24, 2011 15:10:28 GMT -8
Im just wondering, why US, Nato, Britain, France and whoever else "saving " Libya from him now, why does not this happen
back in 1969 when Gaddafi overthrew King Idris by violence and killing XY Libyans adn why it happens after 52 years ?....lyrics from 1 song - money and the power, power and the money, minute after minute, hour after hour....nobody cares about Libyans or whoever else ( I mean politics ), every war is nowadays ONLY because of power and the money...
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