CNN: Damage Inside Gadhafi Compound May Have Come From Missile Strike
- Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:38pm by
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CNN:
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — A four-story building in Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s Tripoli compound has been heavily damaged, possibly by cruise missiles, CNN’s Nic Robertson reported.
Robertson, invited by government officials to see the damage, said early Monday local time that two circular holes in the building may be telltale signs of cruise missiles, although that could not be immediately confirmed.
The leader’s whereabouts were not known.
The building is only 100 yards or so from a statue of a golden fist crushing a model plane emblazoned with “USA” — a monument to the 1986 American bombing of Libya, in which one U.S. plane was downed.
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Allied fighter jets did hit a Libyan army convoy as you will see in this video report:
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Comments (160)
SilentReader
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:17pmObama doesn‘t want to target his friend Farrakhan’s friend and benefactor now, does he? He wouldn’t want that money supply to dry up.
Meanwhile, Obama is attempting to go around the 2nd amendment to take America’s right to bear arms away from us.
http://www.citizens4freedom.com/Articles/tabid/1387/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4161/VERY-SERIOUS-WARNINGOBAMA-FINDS-LEGAL-WAY-AROUND-THE-2ND-AMENDMENT-AND-USES-IT.aspx
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:35pmSilentreader I just read that article………………..How can we stop this?……………PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:15pmgrandma7
Report Post »Is Obama hiding out in Brazil??
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He is establishing his alibi .
TaterSalad
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:13pmIf they are American missles which hit the compound then Barack Obama needs to be brought up on charges. Oh how a President campaign sure exposes a pure hypocrite to the maximum!
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:39pmCan it be I was before it after i was against it?Dumbass as one (1)
Report Post »Ron won’t help
tankerBigRed1
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:12pmNO fly zone- by golly they did a good job on those flying tanks!-in Iraq [gw1] we couldn’t even hit choppers gunning down shoeless people in mountains-when our planes were there in sight- no permission–ya suppose there is exceedind of no fly zone goin on? looks like we are backing the wrong side..ya suppose since the rebs were in afgan & iraq opposing us we should back em now??
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:21pmroflmao …. you sure do have a turn of phrase there tankerBigRed1.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:27pmahhhhh.what part of the military did you participate? Navy beat the hell out of them then the B2 came in and mopped up,then came back to their home base.WtF get a grip ,my jet is involved in the mop up
Report Post »tankerBigRed1
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:38pmAfter things were said & done – we let the armed choppers pound the kurds in the N- I have vcr tapes showing such – can even see flash from guns on chopper-look @ tape once in a while in disbelief..
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:11pmSo now when will Obama go on his next apology tour of the world?
Report Post »Pelling1020
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:11pmWho fired that shot????? Who cut the cheeze????? The gadafsker probably blew up his own pad!!!
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:10pmNancy Bee:
Good point, and Obama is friends with that maniac in Libya.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:09pmTnredneck
Report Post »Fox just reported that the u s denies it was one of their missiles. We didn’t do it the Brits did the military says. Can’t make oboma look like he is targeting his own can we?
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Imagine how feverishly the basement dwellers of Media Matters and CAP are right now typing tomorrow’s talking points for MFMedia ?
grandma7
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:09pmBush must be behind this!!
Report Post »Is Obama hiding out in Brazil??
kryptonite
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:08pm@Truthhasnoagenda
Report Post »Read his lips, please: Hussein is sort of involved in this war, but not really. He wants democracy and freedom in Libya, but the dictator can stay after all. He’s dropping a few bombs here and there, but not everywhere. Geez, he can’t make it any clearer than that!
reconmarine
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:07pmHey isn’t that fist the union logo?
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:18pmSure is …. and the Communists and the Socialists …………. all those fellow travelers and buddies together …..
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:07pmEven Obama couldn’t keep us out! His left wing base must be really pissed now!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:47pmHis left wing base spent 8 yrs building up there war chests and went silent the day he took office, don’t count on them making much noise.
Report Post »Hell code pink is out and about lighting the torches for these radicals.
M.Rapp
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:04pmThis will not be the biggest story in the coming weeks…the media has a knee jerk reaction for the purpose of getting the story out first. It is easier to retract than to get all of the facts. The point? The best way to retrieve the facts is to add the following: History + Multiple Media reports over time + Awareness of our current Administration’s agenda= a shred of truthful perception. Thank goodness most of you who respond on this site have what we call “common sense” lol.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:09pmyou are right,we will only know later,and the media has an agenda to sell,not the truth, or a has you say “” A SHRED OF TRUTHFUL PERCEPTION.”"”"
Report Post »clockwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:04pmThe left is trash, if Bush was in office the democrats would go to Libya and act as human shields. Now that the killing is ordered by the black jimmy carter the left is bending over and taking one for the team. Hey Chris Mathews do you still get the thrill running up and down your leg?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:03pmIf allied forces are all firing into the country,,,,then I guess they all did it. No criticism here.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:02pmgood then keep thinking that
Report Post »Lost In Space
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:02pmAll part of the Obama,look im a strong deliberate leader dog and pony show. The only way a revolution is going to work is from within. The people have to believe and bleed for liberty to grow. Bigjay is right,let the people who live there fight there own war.I think we have enough on our plate at the moment.
Report Post »grandma7
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:01pmIs BO hiding out?
Report Post »Showtime, Great Point!!
I’m sure Bush must be doing this, right?
silentwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:12pmDon’t know,,,,but it seems everytime a major event occurs, he is somewhere else.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:15pmgrandma b.o.. is prevalent in our daily lives. We shower every day ,yet we can’t get rid of the stink of this guy. Now do you think i’lll get smoked off this site/
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:00pmThat monument says it all……….what sick evil people….and our President is a friend of his?
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:56pmFox just reported that the u s denies it was one of their missiles. We didn’t do it the Brits did the military says. Can’t make oboma look like he is targeting his own can we?
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:51pmSomeone please remind me: Why are we there?? What do we expect to accomplish?? Is it worth the life of one American, British or even French airmans life???
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:06pmWe are there because they said the government was killing their own. They said……..
Let some time go by and we will see if that is still true….
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:13pmNot really sure BigJ …. remember to “protect the people from G’Daffi” …… but the “help” is a little late on the scene. Other thing to consider is who exactly is leading “the people” ….. that is a ball scratcher to consider. Then again of course there is the oil that needs to be secured …. even though it is mainly sold into Europe it does affect world prices ….. then again maybe old Georgie Soros may have an interest (commodity and currency speculator that he is) …… of course because the left are in a wild amalgam of interests with anarchists, unionists, Islamists and ists and isms of all sorts, there is the danger of alienating some of these allies like FairyKhan for example ….. then again old Prezzie Obama might be prepping the battlefield for the creation of the Caliphate to come …. interesting to note that Hilary Clinton seems to be taking the lead (within the administration) on this thing and is trying to be ever so worldly taking her cues from the European leaders and the Arab council. Hmmmmmmm …. time is longer than rope however …………
Report Post »Pelling1020
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:14pmThose are great questions for the obamster, wonder when he will answer?
Report Post »Rev. John
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 9:39pmYes, and they just shot down their fighter plane.
Report Post »We get to support the stupid side. I don’t like Ka Daffy, his time has come and gone (good-by fool).
I don’t think this is going end well for us.
Showtime
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:30pm@Silent Watcher ~
I don’t think Big Jay watched the video. Qadaffi’s army tanks were about to enter Benghazi but were destroyed.
Big Jay has bitten off more than he can chew; he just doesn’t realize it.
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:02amSilent watcher..I watched the video and my reation is..Why is this our problem??? I do not want to see one single American, Englishman or Frechman to lose their life for these people. I am tired of wasting our blood and treasure on these people. They have left this clown in power the rest of the Arab/Muslim world has not lifted a finger to do a damn thing about him, why should we?? I want all of our people home now. Home from EVERY country we are deployed to. We need to defend OUR country OUR interests and if the rest of the world leaves us alone, WE PROMISE NOT TO NUKE THEM. Bite on that!
Report Post »arab-al
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:51pmIf he is ousted do we know who will replace him…hopefully not a new enemy to the US.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:04pmsomebody named Michelle
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:09pmArgggh .You keep hoping for the best. Worlds in trouble ,Yes?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:11pmcrumbling……..
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:29pmsomebody named michelle crumbling?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:34pmNot with the WIDE LOAD sign behind her.
Report Post »Cecil
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 5:09pmYou must understand that the majority or the world is our enemy. The point is to find out what type of threat and how much of a threat they are.Not too many people like the American way. That is why people come here to try and change it.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:51pmNo, no, it wasn’t us, Colonel Gaddafi, sir! Obama is bombing your airfields, but not you, buddy.
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:00pmGoes to show you oboma is a coward!
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:01pmSadly, that is such a true statement! We are so weak with this ridiculously impotent administration!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:50pmLooks like that’s where the Leftists got their logo!
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:02pm… methinks that it is from the leftists that G’Daffi got the design …… remember he claims to be an Islamic Socialist.
Report Post »WhiteTeaParty
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:08pmYou know Showtime, if I didn’t know better, it sounds you want the U.S. to fail.
I figured you to be another Rush, you want America to fail.
NancyBee
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:09pmShowtime….you’re right…..it is a spitten image of their fist. When will these people wake up?
Report Post »grandma7
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:10pmNever thought of that, good eye!!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:15pmha ha ha they cant hide their origins can’t they .
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:23pmYes .. looks like it .. I guess the “secret” is out … one in the same.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:40pm@Grandma7
Not a “good eye.” It’s what I thought it was – before I saw the plane!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 1:50am@White Tea Party ~
Are you still drinking? That made no sense at all.
The Liberal Dems have their panties in a wad! Check it out!
Liberal Democrats in uproar over Libya action
By JOHN BRESNAHAN & JONATHAN ALLEN | 3/19/11 4:27 PM EDT
A hard-core group of liberal House Democrats is questioning the constitutionality of U.S. missile strikes against Libya, with one lawmaker raising the prospect of impeachment during a Democratic Caucus conference call on Saturday.
Reps. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Donna Edwards (Md.), Mike Capuano (Mass.), Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Maxine Waters (Calif.), Rob Andrews (N.J.), Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) “all strongly raised objections to the constitutionality of the president’s actions” during that call, said two Democratic lawmakers who took part.
Kucinich, who wanted to bring impeachment articles against both former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney over Iraq — only to be blocked by his own leadership — asked why the U.S. missile strikes aren’t impeachable offenses.
Kucinich also questioned why Democratic leaders didn’t object when President Barack Obama told them of his plan for American participation in enforcing the Libyan no-fly zone during a White House Situation Room meeting on Friday, sources told POLITICO.
And liberals fumed that Congress hadn’t been formally consulted before the attack and expressed concern that it would lead to a third U.S. war in the Muslim world.
While other Democratic lawmakers have publicly backed Obama — including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and top members of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees — the objections from a vocal group of anti-war Democrats on Capitol Hill could become a political problem for Obama, especially if “Operation Odyssey Dawn” fails to topple Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, leads to significant American casualties, or provokes a wider conflict in the troubled region of North Africa.
(Pelosi did not participate in Saturday’s call; she is in Afghanistan to meet with U.S. military and diplomatic officials.)
U.S. warships fired more than 100 Tomahawk cruise missles on Saturday in a bid to knock out Libya’s air-defense systems, targeting command-and-control and radar units near Tripoli, the Libyan capital, and the city of Misurata, according to Pentagon officials and media reports. French aircraft attacked armored units loyal to Qadhafi around the city of Benghazi after they ignored international calls for a cease-fire.
Saturday’s conference call was organized by Rep. John Larson (Conn.), chairman of the Democratic Caucus and the fourth-highest ranking party leader. Larson has called for Obama to seek congressional approval before committing the United States to any anti-Qadhafi military operation.
“They consulted the Arab League. They consulted the United Nations. They did not consult the United States Congress,” one Democrat lawmaker said of the White House. “They’re creating wreckage, and they can’t obviate that by saying there are no boots on the ground. … There aren’t boots on the ground; there are Tomahawks in the air.”
“Almost everybody who spoke was opposed to any unilateral actions or decisions being made by the president, and most of us expressed our constitutional concerns. There should be a resolution and there should be a debate so members of Congress can decide whether or not we enter in whatever this action is being called,” added another House Democrat opposed to the Libyan operation.
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No, I don’t want America to fail. I want Obama deported ASAP!
mill
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 9:27amWHITE TEA PARTY
Rush did not not not say he wanted America to fail. Get your stories straight.
…he wanted Obama’s policies to fail as they are socialists.
People like you are the crawly little underbelly that is always ther to say some half truth. So get your story straight
I HOPE OBAMA’S POLICIES FAIL, AND WE DO NOT BELONG IN LIBYA!!! Get the hell out.
Report Post »WHO said it was okay to send our jets to bomb Libya????
We are losing every fight we are in in the Middle East. Don’t sacrafice more of our people and resources. We get very very little oil from the Middle East. We need to look at Canada and Mexico for that honor…
Sinista MACE
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 9:28amThe fact that the establishment media, particularly the BBC, which has aggressively pushed this “humanitarian” hoax in its rapacious cheerleading effort for the conquest, is parroting the narrative that this is a just war, when in reality it is about helping Al-Qaeda terrorists to carry through a coup d’état, is the ultimate hypocrisy.
Report Post »felina g
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:48am“You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders – The most famous of which is “never get involved in a land war in Asia” – but only slightly less well-known is this: “Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line”! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha… “
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:53amI think the moderators on The Blaze are moles.
This site is no longer interesting.
Report Post »Love Bandit Bestid
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 6:21pmThe military had to stop the attack early when they noticed CNN reporters at the scene.
Report Post »Those idiot reporters were in the way.
broker0101
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 7:49pmIs Obama a War Criminal yet?
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 9:30amOfficially.
Report Post »va_magoo
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 1:34pmIn my eyes, YES!
Report Post »Robert Hawk
Posted on March 21, 2011 at 8:56pmObama is simply being played by the Russians. He is not smart enough to figure it out. But as soon as the EU starts purchasing fuel from Russia because the Middle East fuel has been interrupted, and as soon as the reserve currency moves over to the Ruble, then and only then will the huge, vast ego of Obama be deflated.
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