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Post by Patriots Support on Mar 31, 2011 8:41:52 GMT -5
By Mark Hosenball Mark Hosenball – Wed Mar 30, 8:07 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, government officials told Reuters on Wednesday. Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks, according to government sources familiar with the matter. Such findings are a principal form of presidential directive used to authorize secret operations by the Central Intelligence Agency. This is a necessary legal step before such action can take place but does not mean that it will. "As is common practice for this and all administrations, I am not going to comment on intelligence matters," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement. "I will reiterate what the president said yesterday -- no decision has been made about providing arms to the opposition or to any group in Libya." The CIA, which declined comment on the Obama authorization, has inserted small groups of clandestine operatives to gather intelligence for air strikes as part of a shadow force of Westerners that the United States hopes can help bleed Gadaffi's military, The New York Times reported, citing unnamed American officials. In addition to the CIA operatives, dozens of British special forces and MI6 intelligence officers are also working in Libya, the newspaper said. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110331/ts_nm/us_libya_usa_order
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Post by Michael Downing on Mar 31, 2011 8:54:59 GMT -5
Yeah and it worked so well for us in Afghanistan when the CIA went in their to work with the rrebel forces. Then we were back fighting what we helped to create. Brings to mind...
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
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Post by avordvet on Mar 31, 2011 12:00:42 GMT -5
Obama authorizes secret help for Libya rebels Gee, never saw that one coming...
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Post by stoner44magnum on Mar 31, 2011 13:26:35 GMT -5
From maobama's speech: "Let me be clear (pause to show folks you're serious) I will not authorize ANY American troops on the ground in Libya."
Did he wait to authorize this until AFTER his speech or, did he do it before he lied about it?
The truly pathetic part is... As bad as this moron is, I fear the repbulikrats will run ANOTHER McCain or worse guaranteeing mabama another term because many folks like me will refuse to vote for another statist republikrat.
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Post by Michael Downing on Mar 31, 2011 13:32:17 GMT -5
Stoner I have been predicting that move for quite some time and even if they do run and win we will be not much better off with a Romney or whatever puppet they run. Like you I am done voting for the lessor of two evilers.
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Post by safetalker on Mar 31, 2011 14:12:24 GMT -5
Michael I understood this two weekends ago when the Marine Artillery woke me at 0300 with a rapid fire. Then they fired for the next week and a half. That was followed by two days of aircraft dropping big bombs on the ranges 6 miles from my house. They always do that just before they pack everything on ships for deployment. The usurper needs something he can do since he has been away from the White House more often than Michele and the girls.
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