British Troops ‘Military Advisers’ Dispatched to Libya
- Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:53am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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TRIPOLI, Libya (The Blaze/AP) — A senior Libyan official on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of allowing foreign troops to escort humanitarian aid convoys in Libya, saying such a deployment would be viewed as military, not humanitarian.
The remarks came as British Foreign Secretary William Hague said his country is sending military advisers to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya to help organize the haphazard opposition forces with communications and logistics – although they would not be involved in supplying weapons to the rebels or assist with fighting.
Workmen clean a rusted Grad rocket launcher to make it operational, at a Libyan rebel weapons workshop and training camp in Benghazi.
The European Union is drawing up contingency plans for such humanitarian aid escorts, who would have a noncombat role, according to the British daily The Guardian. The newspaper quoted unidentified diplomats as saying such plans would not be finalized unless the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs requests such assistance.
Over the weekend, the U.N. reached agreement with Moammar Gadhafi’s regime on carrying out aid operations in areas of Libya he controls. A key destination for such aid would be the besieged rebel city of Misrata, pounded in recent days by Libyan artillery.
The U.N. has said it has been promised access to Misrata, Libya’s third-largest city, but has received no guarantees from Libyan authorities that fighting would be halted to allow aid to reach Misrata.
Asked about the possibility of foreign troop escorts of aid convoys, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim said “if there is any deployment of any armed personnel on Libyan ground, there will be fighting, and the Libyan government will not take this as a humanitarian mission” but as a military one.
Asked whether he would rule out such deployment, he told reporters: “Yes, because we are doing our utmost not to resort to such things.” He said the Libyan government has repeatedly offered to help humanitarian agencies do their work.
Meanwhile, Business Insider has published a series of videos allegedly showing “atrocities” committed by the Libyan rebels.
The videos are too graphic to embed, but you can view the list over at BI. Again, the content is extremely disturbing.
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Comments (57)
conservativemom99
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:38pmno No NO! DO NOT send troops!! This won’t end well…and my heart breaks for the families sending their loved ones into the great abyss that is Libya…for no good reason…and with no real mission…
Report Post »BloodyArtist22
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:31pmI’m loving the Chinese censorship our government is conducting (“kinetic military action” for one). I’m sure Obama would love to call all of us troops “advisors”. Yeah. I’ll advise Obama not to board one of our Naval ships, or his Secret Service will have a tough time explaining where the president “disappeared” to.
Report Post »bruce_baker
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:56pmSince Congress never declared war, this is unconstitutional. Oh, it’s the Liberals in control. It‘s obvious that they don’t care about the Constitution.
Report Post »Susan Harkins
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 12:07pm“British Troops ‘Military Advisers’ Dispatched to Libya”
Lol — love the strikeout in the title. Aptly applied.
Report Post »Andybetterideas
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:37am“Military Advisors”… yeah, that will end well. After all, it worked out so well in the ’60s.
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:37amWhat a mess. Well, at least we know why Obummers voice is muffled when he sits down.
Report Post »sdranger
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:22amDon’t count on an election in 2012. Way too many things happening at the speed of light from taking our guns through regulation to ignoring our own radicals by the DOJ. Lies, lies and more lies that is what this administration is about.
I have a question why would Obama when defending his birth certificate say he was born in HI and follow that up with I don’t have horns either? I’m not a birther, although I don’t believe he was born in the US, to me it’s a side issue to distract the sheeple from something else. But whay such a comment?
Report Post »ED4237
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:21amTroops on the ground let it be an all Euro force bring ours home. The Euros should be handleing this not us who cares about Libya if want it over just be brave and bomb Gaddfi. The military knows where he is so kill him that is what war is not this drop a bomb hoping you scare him.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:12amTroops on the ground,troops on the ground..
Report Post »Looking like a fool with troops on the ground…
calebgs83
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:11amI bet this goes about as well as the time we helped the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan…that was terrific…we ended up with Bin Laden and Al Queda armed and trained by us.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:37amYou couldnt make this up if you tryed………….LOL
Report Post »Hisemiester
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:24amishka4me, I sure like the term Hover troops. Makes me smile in this crappy situation. Should leave Libya alone. The UN/NATO is destroying the country. Who is going to rebuild it. The US can’t afford to. France and Brittan cannot. Italy and Portugal surely cannot. Germany won’t unless they can take all of Libyas Oil.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:21amWhat happened to “no ground troops”?
Liars.
The SAS has been inside Libya weeks before the assault on Qaddafi started.
I highly doubt that American assets weren’t inside the country also.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:00amLibya is more important to Europe than it is to us. The importance that it has for us is to begin to stymie the Chines influence in that part of the world. The importance to Europe is the Chinese problem and the oil. The rebels are a group of Al Qaeda types mixed with communist and a handful of Gaddafi haters. Both sides in this war are nothing but pure crap. We need to arm them both with just enough weapons to keep killing themselves for years to come. Not one drop of American blood should be lost in that hell-hole.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:45amThe vietnam involement started with “advisers”.
Report Post »Two Party Scam
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:44amMr President:
Theres only one savior in the world….and your not him!
Report Post »Two Party Scam
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:43amWhy isn’t Obama sending F-18′s into Syria to stop the slaughter of innocent civilians?
I guess he only attacks governments that prop up Capitailism.
He doesn’t dare attack his muslim brothers in Syria.
Wake up people! His union cronies (Richard Trumka) instigated all the uprisings in the middle east to empower the muslim brotherhood against capitalism.
Obama and his cronies need to stand trial for treason and war crimes!
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:22amIsn’t this how it always starts? Military advisers? Really? My feeling is everyone one those towel heads that kill each other is one less we’ll have to deal with later. Give them all the ammo they need.
Report Post »suzy000
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:22amThis is history repeating itself ALL OVER AGAIN. Vietnam…..oh my…the French sent military advisors first…then America got involved with their ADVISORS and well you know the rest. One thing I can say about Obama…he is consistent…HE IGNORES HISTORY!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:07amLet the European Union handle this one. They are the ones who get about 60% of their oil from Libya and we Americans get very little. The EU has a vested interest in Libya. Let’s stay out of it altogether. BHO needs to keep his mouth shut.
Report Post »raspberrytea
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:16amAgree!
Report Post »FedupinFlorida2
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:24amWhat are the chances of Obama keeping his mouth shut?
Report Post »bhelmet
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:05amI love all the new-fangled words for WAR and TROOPS. Even more insulting is how stupid these people think we are – they must realize that their supporters are the ones who fall for this. I truly feel sorry for anyone buying this garbage. Obama = Bush = Progressive – barely a dime’s worth of difference.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:05amThis is absolutely none of our business. All Libyians hate America and we should not interfer with their civil war. A civil war should concern no one but the citizens of that country.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:20amExactly! How do we know who the “good guys” are? Let them fight it out and deal (or not) with the winner.
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:49amThere are no good guys in Libya.
Report Post »nowhereman
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:56pmThe trouble is they weren’t going to do it without us. So they (the French) went to the UN who talked our Leader into it.
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:59amAnother quagmire !
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:57amThis mess in Libya instigated by Obama the Self Deluded one, is one we need to stay out of in all means and ways. We should have never started any involvment as well for either side.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 8:57amAs much as the press blamed Bush for “going to war for oil”, it’s amazing that when Obama actually has no other possible reason than oil to send troops to Libya, nothing but crickets chirping..
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:02amOf course, the one reason for the difference of Obama and Bush is that the agenda of the left is dominated in the media and will not turn on the administration for that reason. Bush was their own avowed enemy and opposition, so he had to be blamed for any and all evils in the world even if he did not have anything to do with it.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:26amthese are hover troops, not to be confused with ground troops
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:30amHow come no one has mentioned where the rebels are getting their arms and equipment from in the first place……after all of these weeks of intense fighting, whatever they had at the beginning should be exhausted by now…….tanks and motorized equipment use a lot of gas and you can’t find the ammo at Wal-Mart……I know…..I have tried repeatedly…… chirp chirp chirp…….
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:35amWhen you’re reduced the allowing the Brits to spearhead an operation, you’re in trouble.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:37amOne can only imagine when US “Advisers” will be on the ground. Didn’t the Great Divider say no more wars????
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:39amBTW – The Guardian newspaper published in the UK is a leftist rag. Understand their commentaries accordingly.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:40amishka4me
Report Post »Troops are troops, I don’t care what equipment they are using.
chirodoc007
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:46amPrinceton University’s Literary Gazette published in 1830 that “An immoral and irreligious people cannot long be free.” These videos, and the comments beneath them are proof that what was true in the 1830′s is still true today.
If you view the videos right click over an Arabic comment and choose “Translate to English” to read what the Arabs are saying about them. It is horrific.
Report Post »redneck
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 9:52amGreat idea, train rebels who will later fight against us!
Report Post »drbage
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:14amThey should have adopted the O‘s administration’s terms and called them kinetic non-military, non-combattant advisers. Whatever will they do if one of them is killed in action?
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:22amI just love “New Speak” its so Orwellian.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 10:28amI never thought we should have involved ourselves in Libya’s affairs fromt he start. If Obama is for it, I am against it. If Obama thinks it is a good idea, I think it is a bad idea. Capisce?
Report Post »It’s none of our business what Gadhafi does within his own borders, as long as he isn‘t mass exterminating his people or it doesn’t threaten the rest of the world.
Just my two cents.
Citizen
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 11:22amYou let these people kill eachother if they want Then you deal with the winner.
The lib press wants to act like all these rebels just want democracy and freedom. You idiots. if you have 100 people and 90 of them want to kill infidels and they get democracy you know what they will do as a whole ? want to kill infidels.
The prison population wants a “democracy” too you idiots.
Report Post »Lockupsoros
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 1:05pmAre the Brit’s fighting for their Little Prince
who’s greatest wish is to invent a bacteria
that will get rid of 75% of the world’s population…?
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 2:25pmI don’t think he went to war for oil, but he did do it at his puppet masters insistence. So that it would put downward pressure on the US Economy!
Report Post »avenger
Posted on April 19, 2011 at 4:27pmal qaeda needs help for the caliphate…
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