France parachutes weapons into the mountains

[billynomates]

France supplying weapons to Libyan rebels
France has begun supplying weapons to the Libyan rebels despite the UN arms embargo, confirming on Wednesday it had dropped assault rifles into the Nafusa Mountains south-west of Tripoli.


A French military spokesman, Colonel Thierry Burkhard, said it had provided "light arms such as assault rifles" for civilian communities to "protect themselves against Col Gaddafi".

But the decision to arm the rebels is a further move towards direct involvement in the land war on top of the air war against Col Muammar Gaddafi. The Nafusa rebels have come closest to breaking through to Tripoli itself of any of the front lines of the conflict, while three months of Nato bombing have failed to dislodge Col Gaddafi from power.

Le Figaro, the French newspaper which first reported the air drops, said the shipment included rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, along with Milan anti-tank missiles.

"If the rebels can get to the outskirts of Tripoli, the capital will take the chance to rise against Gaddafi," it quoted an official as saying.

Massin Madi, a spokesman for the rebels based in Abu Dhabi, confirmed the drop but said it was not clear whether rebel forces or civilians were now in possession of the weapons.

Yawn Yawn Billy goes on again. Please read, is this supposed to bring peace dropping weapons in mountains. Is this supposed to save lives? I am not pro-Gadaffi I am against getting involved in other peoples wars, especially when about the only thing you and your allies have in common is that you want to overthrow the present Government.

[maverick35]

Old Mav realizes exactly old Mav read that in the Yahoo media report news coverage as well Gpes RIGHT and so may be Libya gona be another France W W II RIGHT and so butt alas seems the world gona isolate the Arabs and so the Jews RIGHT and so butt the world beter hope they do no not save old Mav with a miracle before it is too late for old Mav RIGHT and so cuz if old Mav geta saved in time the world may pay dearly for it RIGHT and so in any case with oil and so Gold and so the future up on the line the civil war in Libya and so the protests in Syria r gona be making head lines for some time RIGHT and so as well as whether the Palisteinians decide to declare a state hood thing RIGHT whutever and so old Mav still thinks a Syria Israel war is needed RIGHT and so old Mav is lucky they do no not take old Mav seriously and so old Mav needs a miracle sorry right... sorry old Mav

[billynomates]

Signalling dismay at the slow progress of attempts to drive Col. Gaddafi from power, the French defence minister, Gerard Longuet, said it was time to “get round the table”.

Although the position of NATO and the rebel Transitional National Council (TNC) has always been that there can be no negotiations while Col Gaddafi remains in power, Mr Longuet said he could remain “in a different room in his palace, with a different title”.

“We have asked them to speak to each other,” Mr Longuet said of the two sides in an interview on French television. “The position of the TNC is very far from other positions.”

His interview triggered a swift response from Washington. “The Libyan people will be the ones to decide how this transition takes place, but we stand firm in our belief that Gaddafi cannot remain in power,” the State Department said, indicating it had not changed its position.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the leader’s son, claimed a special envoy had met President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was clear that France wanted a new transitional government in Libya.

He said that President Sarkozy had said: “We created the TNC and without France’s backing, money and weapons, it would not exist.”

A French foreign ministry spokesman denied there were “direct negotiations” with the regime but confirmed: “We pass it messages in liaison with the TNC and our allies.”

How unlike Sakorzy to think he's cleverer than anyone else and use ALL sides to suit his aims.

[maverick35]

Old Mav realizes exactly old Mav realizes it is a joke the transitionial government as they call them selfs is just as anti old Mav anti J*wish anti Israel as is Ghadhaifi both r supported by whut half the populatrion old Mav has no not never had money a car all the other things they have old Mav has always been utterly cheated atacked crushed by the system in America which has been just as brutal toward old Mav as the European N**i system wuz toward those over six 6 million Jews in W W II and so who died butt then death no not bothers them it is a shame the poiliticians spend all their own time doing that uttterly cheating atacking crushing old Mav Libya is no diferent than America Syria Egypt no diferent every body in the world wana show off their own money muscle brains power by doing that uterly cheating atacking crushing old MavRIGHT and so be it called a Republican and so a Democrat and so the U K no diferent except it is a island RIGHT which may claim old Mav slanders them calling them whut thjey r reverse racists RIGHT and so as they claim they r goodie goodie two 2 shoes RIGHT and so the Britrish as u all r know exactly how to trap trick cheat atack crush repress old Mav in the British way every race so on even has its own way of doing it alas bully brute beings have that ability which old Mav no not has no not being a bully brute being RIGHT which u may deny and or reverse it as the British do they reverse racist they r the atacked old Mav hardly may atack any body butt then old Mav is no not the type that atacks any body that way which the British r natural bully brutes and so can do it but always reverse it it is old Mav no not them and so the U K is just like Libya just like Libya in every way they miror each other which is why u may chat post about it Gpes u r a miror double image of any Libya person RIGHT and so butt then some people may exist and so flourish in such a system of total represion against old Mav cuz they gota the talents it takes old Mav is no not the type to repress any body and so old Mav is lucky to at 67 have a senior apartment and so this civil war in Libya is a joke as the transitionial government is as represive toward old Mav actualy it is both sides they just change flags clothes office whutever and so one 1 minute they r a Ghadhaifi deputy the next minute they r a transitionial government deputy it is a joke from both sides they cheat atack crush repress old Mav RIGHT and so it is old Mav who needs the miracle no not these people and so Wednesday July 13 2011 even the calendar shows proves this reverse racist trend exists toward old Mav RIGHT and so the British did no not lose in 1776 and so 1812 cuz America is like the U K a reverse racist miror image of the U K and so Libya RIGHT and so all old Mav states chats posts is in all probability a Syria Hezbolah Israel war is needed to save the world from this reverse racist miror image that may end up runing out off of oil then destroying civilization with out space travel RIGHT and so butt the world refuses to believe old Mav RIGHT and so old Mav may only hope a twist of time makes things hapen before it is too late for old Mav RIGHT and so if it is already no not too late for old Mav which old Mav hopes it is no not RIGHT and so old Mav is lucky they do no not take old Mav seriously and so old Mav needs a miracle sorry right... sorry old Mav