Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 2:00:00 PM CET
Libya Releases 4 Times Journalists
The Libyan government released four detained New York Times journalists Monday, six days after they were captured while covering the conflict between government and rebel forces in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. They were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 9:05:00 AM CET
Operation Odyssey Dawn explained (Day 2)
In a few words Day 1 of Operation Odyssey Dawn saw the Build-up, the French “show of force”, and the evening TLAM attack. More information can be found in my first debriefing that explains in details what happened (and why). In the meanwhile new details about the first hours of air war surfaced bringing some interesting analysis. First of all the initially denied involvement of 3 B-2 bombers was confirmed. As happened during Operation Allied Force in 1999, the stealth bombers operated directly from Whiteman AFB, Missouri with the support of many tankers along the route. They dropped 40 conventional bombs on an unspecified airbase and, interestingly, to render them much more invisible, even to HF, VHF and UHF listeners that have been exploiting the possibility to listen to radio communications in the clear broadcasted by LiveATC.net, the B-2 used a REACH callsign, usually allocated to tanker, transport and support aircraft.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 8:59:00 AM CET
PSYOPS is is airborne again! USAF EC-130J tail nr 00-1934 callsign STEEL 74 in orbit near Libya at FL250
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 8:59:00 AM CET
Libya's opposition leadership comes into focus
Libya has descended to a situation tantamount to civil war, with forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in the west pitted against rebels from the east. However, one of the biggest problems faced by Western governments has been in identifying exactly who the rebels are.
Many of the rebels, including former Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil and former Interior Minister Gen. Abdel Fatta Younis, defected early on from the Gadhafi regime and represent what came to be the Transitional National Council (TNC), which promptly lobbied Western government for support after its formation. In light of logistical and maintenance capabilities militarily, further defections would certainly help the rebels achieve victory, though there has been no sign of such defections.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 8:08:00 AM CET
Daniel Ellsberg Busted at Manning Protest
More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
The protesters, some shouting anti-war slogans and singing ``We Shall Not Be Moved,'' were arrested Saturday after ignoring orders to move away from the gates of the White House. The demonstrators cheered loudly as Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War that waslater published in major newspapers, was arrested and led away by police.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 7:49:00 PM CET
video The dangers of reporting in Libya
CNN's Howard Kurtz talks to Rome Hartman, Fred Francis, and Jamie McIntyre about the dangers of reporting in Libya.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 7:38:00 PM CET
Yemeni president fires entire cabinet amid ongoing street protests, official state news agency reports
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 7:27:00 PM CET
Libyen:-Tod-eines-Bloggers
Der libysche Blogger Mohammed Nabus ist wahrscheinlich von Scharfschützen erschossen worden. Er hatte immer wieder aus dem Kriegsgebiet gebloggt.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 5:49:00 PM CET
Libya Fight Photos 3
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 5:34:00 PM CET
Gaddafi condemns attack on his forces
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 5:09:00 PM CET
Military base hit in air strikes - Libyan official
Libya's Al-Watyah air base, 170 km (100 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli, was among the targets of Western air strikes overnight, a Libyan military official said.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 20, 2011 at 4:23:00 PM CET
PSYOPS is running! USAF EC-130J tail nr 00-1934 callsign STEEL 74 transmitting messages to #Libya on HF freq #OdysseeDawn
update: wired.com
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