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Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE208
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  • 04.05.2011 3:05 PM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

Looks like the rebels in the west of Libya have taken the town of Yefren. They achieved this victory through subterfuge, planting rebel fighters in the town acting as Gaddafi supporters to turn and fire on Gaddafi forces as soon as the Rebels attacked the town.

  • 04.05.2011 3:07 PM PDT

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.

updated OP links

  • 04.05.2011 3:19 PM PDT

well, seems like England is ready to send in all its long range attack assets. by that i mean all 129 Tornado GR4's. that is if they need to...

i honestly say they need to...

  • 04.05.2011 3:20 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World MAJOR UPDATE198

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.



I will again be away from the internet for a few hours, updating via phone for major events.

Please refer to AlJazeera's live blog on Libya or their Youtube Channel(see live feed at bottom) for interim information.

If you stumble accross major information not in the OP, I implore you to please post it in the forum and make others aware.

Please do not Bump unless it is accompianied by discussion or new information, as we do not want to have this thread locked.

Thank you.

  • 04.05.2011 5:04 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World MAJOR UPDATE199
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SC = Supreme Commander/Supreme Canadian.

De Facto leader of the military of the APE (Allied Planets Empire).

Coup = Admiral Asskicker, ZPM hive ship

Posted by: Phoenix1330
stripping weapons from grounded aircraft to attach to the back of trucks to be used as anti tank weapon platforms.


AWESOME...

  • 04.05.2011 7:05 PM PDT

Posted by: SC Matt Klassen
Posted by: Phoenix1330
stripping weapons from grounded aircraft to attach to the back of trucks to be used as anti tank weapon platforms.


AWESOME...


why do i think that will backfire, no pun intended

  • 04.05.2011 7:22 PM PDT

Has it been mentioned that the US has called for the Yemeni President to step down?

  • 04.05.2011 7:29 PM PDT

Posted by: Dynex811
Has it been mentioned that the US has called for the Yemeni President to step down?


i'm hearing the US wants him to resolve political impasse

  • 04.05.2011 7:32 PM PDT


Posted by: Mereel N7
Posted by: Dynex811
Has it been mentioned that the US has called for the Yemeni President to step down?


i'm hearing the US wants him to resolve political impasse

Yeah. They don't want him down immediately or have even cut funding/aid to him, they just want him to hand over power to a transitional government.

  • 04.05.2011 7:44 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World GOOD NEWS UPDATE206
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Yes I'm fairly young. No, that doesn't mean I'm automatically dumber than you or have less life experience, thats just generally the case. I am not your general case.

Posted by: Phoenix1330
The rebels have been seen carrying P90-S bullpup SpecOps Rifles.

interesting point as these are a pretty high end rifle from Belgium

P90s a 5.7mm SMG.

  • 04.05.2011 9:42 PM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE210

Duracell.
I don't keep going and going and going and...
but i Start, and just don't Stop.

So what if the saxophone is black?
it has better tone the the gold one.
damn straight i play Jazz.


Posted by: That Atheist
Posted by: Phoenix1330
The rebels have been seen carrying P90-S bullpup SpecOps Rifles.

interesting point as these are a pretty high end rifle from Belgium

P90s a 5.7mm SMG.
Actually the P-90 is a bullpup personal defence rifle. It falls into the SMG category due to it's high rate of fire(900 rounds/min)

It has a 10.4 inch barrel and is fired from the shoulder making it a rifle.

Bullpup refers to the fact that it's action (read bolt) is housed in the stock of the rifle to allow for greater barrel length and accuracy in a more compact weapon system.

It was designed by FN international as a special forces weapon for NATO and uses a 5.7x28 round which is standard across many custom sspecial forces weapons

The 'S' variant has a permanently attached silencer with a slightly longer barrel, and was developed specifically for Canadian special forces, as opposed to the PS-90 which is an optional silencer variant that maintains the 10.4 inch barrel


I know my stuff about my rifles :)

[Edited on 04.05.2011 10:21 PM PDT]

  • 04.05.2011 10:13 PM PDT
Subject: No Fly Zone Has been declared over Libya

Glory and fame, blood is our name!
Souls full of thunder, hearts of steel!
Killers of men, a warrior's friend!
Sworn to avenge our fallen brothers!
Sons of the gods, today we shall die.
Open Valhalla's door!
Let the battle begin, with swords in the wind! Hail Gods of War!

lol, UNSC.

  • 04.06.2011 12:06 AM PDT
Subject: Events in Libya, Unrest in the Arab World And Africa UPDATE210
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Yes I'm fairly young. No, that doesn't mean I'm automatically dumber than you or have less life experience, thats just generally the case. I am not your general case.

Posted by: Phoenix1330

Posted by: That Atheist
Posted by: Phoenix1330
The rebels have been seen carrying P90-S bullpup SpecOps Rifles.

interesting point as these are a pretty high end rifle from Belgium

P90s a 5.7mm SMG.
Actually the P-90 is a bullpup personal defence rifle. It falls into the SMG category due to it's high rate of fire(900 rounds/min)

It has a 10.4 inch barrel and is fired from the shoulder making it a rifle.

Bullpup refers to the fact that it's action (read bolt) is housed in the stock of the rifle to allow for greater barrel length and accuracy in a more compact weapon system.

It was designed by FN international as a special forces weapon for NATO and uses a 5.7x28 round which is standard across many custom sspecial forces weapons

The 'S' variant has a permanently attached silencer with a slightly longer barrel, and was developed specifically for Canadian special forces, as opposed to the PS-90 which is an optional silencer variant that maintains the 10.4 inch barrel


I know my stuff about my rifles :)

I already know that but its manufactured and advertised as an SMG due to the fact it fires the 5.7x28mm pistol round developed for the FiveseveN (weird name, I know).

Officially to be classified a rifle, it must be firing a rifle class round, i.e. .223, 30.06, 7.62x51mm NATO, etc, etc, while
a Sub-Machine Gun (SMG) is any automatic carbine that fires pistol rounds.

The P90 is manufactured by FN Herstal, a Belgium based weapons company that also developed the SCAR-H battle rifle and F2000 bullpup assault weapon.
The P90 has a Rate Of Fire (ROF) of 900 rounds per minute and a maximum range of 1800 meters, with a maximum effective range of 200 meters.
Its 5.7 mike mike rounds can peirce level three kevlar vests at 200 meters and uses a closed bolt, straight blowback action.
The weapon is supposed to combine the small size of Personal Defence Weapons (PDWs) with power of a 5.56mm comabt rifle.
It uses a tritium illuminated reflex sight, with backup/optional iron sights, and is loaded with a fifty round box magazine.


I know my guns too

[Edited on 04.06.2011 12:25 AM PDT]

  • 04.06.2011 12:23 AM PDT

There's probably no god. Now stop
worrying and get on with your life.

Am I the only one that thinks we shouldn't be in Libya at all?

  • 04.06.2011 2:31 AM PDT

Posted by: Baph117
This is an incredible step forward to being able to cure Downss sybndonre mn humans bineg.s

Posted by: wii60 owner
Am I the only one that thinks we shouldn't be in Libya at all?


I think Russia agrees with you. Out of interest, why?

  • 04.06.2011 2:34 AM PDT

There's probably no god. Now stop
worrying and get on with your life.

Posted by: Seggi31
Posted by: wii60 owner
Am I the only one that thinks we shouldn't be in Libya at all?


I think Russia agrees with you. Out of interest, why?
Because I don't believe in illegal wars.
We are not the world police and shouldn't have to be.

  • 04.06.2011 2:36 AM PDT

There's probably no god. Now stop
worrying and get on with your life.

Posted by: lonepaul2441

Posted by: wii60 owner
Posted by: Seggi31
Posted by: wii60 owner
Am I the only one that thinks we shouldn't be in Libya at all?


I think Russia agrees with you. Out of interest, why?
Because I don't believe in illegal wars.
We are not the world police and shouldn't have to be.
Illegal wars?

Do you think people get together and decide to have a war for -blam!-s n giggles?

The guy kills civilians thats a crime against human rights, we are their to try and protect those rights. I do think we need some boots on the ground at this point at least just to protect cities that the Rebels capture and not used to advance.
It's illegal because it didn't go through congress
If the people didn't vote on it it isn't legitimate

  • 04.06.2011 3:03 AM PDT


Posted by: That Atheist
Negatory. It's a PDW and advertised as one, plus the P90 came first. Everything else was right.

  • 04.06.2011 3:17 AM PDT


Posted by: wii60 owner
Posted by: lonepaul2441

Posted by: wii60 owner
Posted by: Seggi31
Posted by: wii60 owner
Am I the only one that thinks we shouldn't be in Libya at all?


I think Russia agrees with you. Out of interest, why?
Because I don't believe in illegal wars.
We are not the world police and shouldn't have to be.
Illegal wars?

Do you think people get together and decide to have a war for -blam!-s n giggles?

The guy kills civilians thats a crime against human rights, we are their to try and protect those rights. I do think we need some boots on the ground at this point at least just to protect cities that the Rebels capture and not used to advance.
It's illegal because it didn't go through congress
If the people didn't vote on it it isn't legitimate

1) President can authorize deployment wherever he wants. The technical details that have to pass congress is how long we can stay there and how it gets funded.
2) Specify "we" next time because not everyone here is American.
3) We aren't in Libya anymore. We fly planes over the airspace and shoot down anything that violates the no fly zone, which in recent weeks has been nothing really. We aren't doing bombing runs.

  • 04.06.2011 6:57 AM PDT