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Offline Chalkman

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Libyan Air Force
« on: February 21, 2011, 07:46:32 PM »
Two Libyan Air Force Mirage jet fighters unexpectedly flew to Malta this   afternoon with their pilots claiming they escaped to Malta after having   been ordered to bomb protesters who have taken control of the second   city of Benghazi. The pilots told the Maltese authorities that they left   from a base near Tripoli. They are being questioned by the Police. The   pilots initially asked for emergency clearance to land and for   refueling.


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Re: Libyan Air Force
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2011, 08:08:41 PM »
That's hard to believe, even for Gaddafi but the BBC news ticker has a post claiming that orders for aerial bombing of Benghazi were given.
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Re: Libyan Air Force
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2011, 09:33:21 PM »
Nothing would surprise me from Gaddafi;rumour has it he has fled to Venezuela.
 
All this unrest in Arab countries is very worrying.
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