2011-03-28, 10:15 | Link #12721 | |
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In other news, the Libyan rebels seem to have made a major comeback once Western air power decimated Qaddafi's forces along the coastal highway. It was less than a week ago that I saw BBC commentators saying that the untrained and lightly-armed rebels were no match for Qaddafi's forces and had been pushed back to Benghazi. Now, in the wake of the air strikes, the rebels appear to have taken back a number of towns along the road and are fighting a major battle for Sirte. What struck me watching the coverage is the sudden improvement in the armament the rebels have available to them. At the outset, we saw photos and videos of guys riding in pickup trucks brandishing AK's. Then we started seeing machine guns on those trucks. Over the weekend, though, those trucks started carrying missile launchers as well. Do you suppose they're just scavenging these arms from the remains of Qaddafi's forces, or are they "mysteriously" falling from the sky or washing up on beaches around Benghazi?
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2011-03-28, 10:31 | Link #12722 | |
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2011-03-28, 13:17 | Link #12723 | |
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Japan allows foreign doctors to help treat disaster victims
Japan agreed to allow a 53-person Israeli medical team, including fourteen doctors, seven nurses, and interpreters, to enter the country on Sunday. Quote:
The Japanese government has also needed to override a standing law that forbids foreign medical personnel from practicing in Japan. This emergency suspension extends only to the damaged regions.
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2011-03-28, 14:15 | Link #12724 | |
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otherwise, its an invasion.
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2011-03-28, 14:51 | Link #12725 | |
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Even stranger is that this article at Medicins sans Frontieres reports they've had a 12-person medical team on the ground for twelve days. Now I don't understand why the Japan Times article claims the Israeli group are the first foreigners permitted to practice. Maybe it's the civilian/military distinction you mentioned? Or maybe it's because MSF is a non-governmental organization? Very confusing.
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2011-03-28, 14:53 | Link #12726 | |
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kinda makes sense for them to insist that doctors who do not have a Japanese medical licence only be allowed to work in Japan with specific permission. still, it might also have to do with the military nature of the expedition. Quote:
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2011-03-28, 15:08 | Link #12728 | |
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2011-03-28, 15:11 | Link #12729 | |
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the west already made its play against Gaddafi, so allowing him to remain in power is not an option. if the protesters prove unable, it might just end up falling to coalition ground forces to deal with him. mind you, it wouldn't take more then one armored division to deal with anything Gaddafi has to offer as far as military goes.
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2011-03-28, 15:24 | Link #12730 | |
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2011-03-28, 15:28 | Link #12731 | |
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Gaddafi only has a few hundred T-72s, and all the other tanks are basically the kind of tanks that an M1A2 or Challenger 2 drive over on the way to fighting the T-72.
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2011-03-28, 15:56 | Link #12733 |
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It isn't all that far from France or the UK. It is just across the Sea from France, and Italy. Home Fleet type operations. The French Amphibious Assualt Ship Mistal is off Libya.
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2011-03-28, 16:16 | Link #12735 |
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What I found odd. If you look under the main media listed name for the operation, you find the American forces and a few token European and Arabic nations military forces. However, if you search a little more, you find each major player has their own operation name and force going on in Libya.
The French have their carrier off Libya, an Italian carrier is deployed off Lybia. The United States has an amphibious assault ship with a second on its way to releave it eventually. Plus lots of escorts from all the nations involved. (UK, US, France, Italy, Canada, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, and Turkey.) Plus Air Forces from, Norway, Denmark, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
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2011-03-28, 17:10 | Link #12737 | |
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Either that or China is selling them stuff through black-market channels.
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2011-03-28, 17:43 | Link #12738 |
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Fire-quenching electric forcefield backpack invented
"Boffins in America say they're on the track of a backpack electro-beam forcefield
device capable of snuffing out raging fires without any need for water, hoses or other traditional firefighting apparatus. Apart from portable applications, they raise the possibility that the new technology might replace building sprinkler systems with ceiling mounted conflagration-squelching zapper terminals." See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03...ame_squelcher/ |
2011-03-29, 01:03 | Link #12740 | |
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Clever.
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