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Originally Posted by ApacheIP
While not surprising, I hope it achieves the desired result. Whatever that may be. Kinda wondering if France will be as involved as they are currently posturing.
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Current reports mention France, Britain and Norway as preparing for possible strikes. I would assume Italy and the United States would have to be involved, given the base situation. Maybe Egypt and Tunisia could provide support, since the Arab League is on board. Idle speculation on my part at this point.
One aspect of the no-fly zone I'm not sure about
: does it also ground rebel forces? I saw a recent report on al-Jazeerah where 3 Libyan naval craft were shelling a rebel-held city and rebel helicopters claimed to have sank two and driven the other away. It would be bad if the no-fly zone just gave Qadhdhafi's tanks and artillery an edge even with the loss of his airpower advantage.
There was also a report yesterday of a Libyan Air Force pilot taking off and dropping his ordnance on his own airstrip and then making a kamikaze attack on one of Qadhdhafi's command centers.