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> These NATO nations supplied equipment to anti-Gadaffi forces. >> Moments after it was reported that Gaddafi was killed, Fox News published an article titled

> These NATO nations supplied equipment to anti-Gadaffi forces. >> Moments after it was reported that Gaddafi was killed, Fox News published an article titled "U.S. Drone Involved in Final Qaddafi Strike, as Obama Heralds Regime's 'End'",[49] noting that a U.S. Predator drone was involved in the airstrike on Gaddafi's convoy in the moments before his death. An anonymous U.S. official subsequently described their policy in hindsight as "lead[ing] from behind".[50] >> Because Libyan rebels had consistently told American government officials that they did not want overt foreign military assistance in toppling Gaddafi, covert military assistance was used (including arms shipments to opposition). The plan following Gaddafi's death was to immediately begin flowing humanitarian assistance to eastern Libya and later western Libya, as the symbolism would be critically important. U.S. sources stressed it as important that they would "not allow Turkey, Italy and others to steal a march on it".[51] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi#Foreign_involvement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi#For...

notch656a 5y ago
That's just a long winded way of agreeing with my statement that said "These NATO nations supplied equipment to anti-Gadaffi forces." There's a decent argument to be made these people were temporary allies of a few NATO nations, although I think it distorts the reality that they were just militias supplied as part of a campaign to destabilize Libya and opportunistically kill Gadaffi, and were at best only marginally considered meaningfully being 'NATO allies.' The actions themselves of course were performed largely by citizens (or unrecognized/undocumented residents, such as Taureg [ although many Taureg were pro-Gadaffi] ) of Libya.
- justsomehnguy 5y ago
  *sigh* > noting that a U.S. Predator drone was involved in the airstrike on Gaddafi's convoy in the moments before his death > U.S. Predator drone was involved in the airstrike on Gaddafi's convoy > U.S. Predator drone Nobody "supplied" Predators to anyone. USAF (!) not only flown Predator there, but at least relayed some information about the convoy to the ... intersted parties and quite possibly actively participated in the airstrike. I can't sweep that under "just supplied equipment" banner.

notch656a 5y ago

That's just a long winded way of agreeing with my statement that said "These NATO nations supplied equipment to anti-Gadaffi forces." There's a decent argument to be made these people were temporary allies of a few NATO nations, although I think it distorts the reality that they were just militias supplied as part of a campaign to destabilize Libya and opportunistically kill Gadaffi, and were at best only marginally considered meaningfully being 'NATO allies.' The actions themselves of course were performed largely by citizens (or unrecognized/undocumented residents, such as Taureg [ although many Taureg were pro-Gadaffi] ) of Libya.

justsomehnguy 5y ago
*sigh* > noting that a U.S. Predator drone was involved in the airstrike on Gaddafi's convoy in the moments before his death > U.S. Predator drone was involved in the airstrike on Gaddafi's convoy > U.S. Predator drone Nobody "supplied" Predators to anyone. USAF (!) not only flown Predator there, but at least relayed some information about the convoy to the ... intersted parties and quite possibly actively participated in the airstrike. I can't sweep that under "just supplied equipment" banner.