MO Midden-Oosten
Bespreek hier de actuele situatie omtrent het Midden-Oosten.
Ik vraag me nog steeds af waarom de actie zo is uitgevoerd. Zou er een medische noodzaak zijn geweest 
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Opposition forces and civilians injured in attacks were rushed to the hospital in Ras Lanuf.
Reporters had evacuated Ras Lanuf's main hotel before dawn on Monday after staff warned they could not guarantee their safety, and came across only a small number of visibly agitated rebels at two checkpoints en route out of the oil port to the east.
Some reporters returned, but hotel staff had not.
Opposition forces and civilians injured in attacks were rushed to the hospital in Ras Lanuf.
Reporters had evacuated Ras Lanuf's main hotel before dawn on Monday after staff warned they could not guarantee their safety, and came across only a small number of visibly agitated rebels at two checkpoints en route out of the oil port to the east.
Some reporters returned, but hotel staff had not.
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BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says: "An arms embargo is in place on Libya and British officials emphasise that the purpose of any mission is to build political contacts with forces opposing Col Gaddafi and gain a clearer picture of the situation on the ground. The team despatched last Friday was apprehended by opposition groups in what was described as a 'misunderstanding'. Officials say that the decision to land by helicopter at night with a special forces escort was due to concerns over security but, they say, other options are possible in the future and there will be consultation with the opposition before another team is sent - although establishing who is actually in charge in Benghazi in a fluid and unpredictable environment - remains problematic."
1101: Former SAS soldier Robin Horsfall has told the BBC the operation was a success. "They were clearly having problems establishing communications with the leaders of the rebel administration, and they needed to take the risk of getting in there and saying: 'Look, we're here, we need to talk to you.' Nobody was quite sure who was going to respond, so they had to take a risk. They got in there and they did achieve the mission, they've managed to establish communication with the people in charge, establish who they need to talk to, and they've come home safely."
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1114: There has been a second air strike by a government fighter jet in the eastern rebel-held town of Ras Lanuf, an AFP reports says. It was met with a barrage of anti-aircraft gun fire.
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BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says: "An arms embargo is in place on Libya and British officials emphasise that the purpose of any mission is to build political contacts with forces opposing Col Gaddafi and gain a clearer picture of the situation on the ground. The team despatched last Friday was apprehended by opposition groups in what was described as a 'misunderstanding'. Officials say that the decision to land by helicopter at night with a special forces escort was due to concerns over security but, they say, other options are possible in the future and there will be consultation with the opposition before another team is sent - although establishing who is actually in charge in Benghazi in a fluid and unpredictable environment - remains problematic."
1101: Former SAS soldier Robin Horsfall has told the BBC the operation was a success. "They were clearly having problems establishing communications with the leaders of the rebel administration, and they needed to take the risk of getting in there and saying: 'Look, we're here, we need to talk to you.' Nobody was quite sure who was going to respond, so they had to take a risk. They got in there and they did achieve the mission, they've managed to establish communication with the people in charge, establish who they need to talk to, and they've come home safely."
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1114: There has been a second air strike by a government fighter jet in the eastern rebel-held town of Ras Lanuf, an AFP reports says. It was met with a barrage of anti-aircraft gun fire.
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1137: The Reuters news agency is also now reporting that a government warplane has launched an air strike in the eastern oil port town of Ras Lanuf. The jet fired two rockets at a checkpoint on the eastern outskirts, rebel fighter Mokhtar Dobrug said. There were no casualties.
1137: The Reuters news agency is also now reporting that a government warplane has launched an air strike in the eastern oil port town of Ras Lanuf. The jet fired two rockets at a checkpoint on the eastern outskirts, rebel fighter Mokhtar Dobrug said. There were no casualties.
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Geen vrijheid. Al het andere vloeit hieruit voort.quote:Op zondag 6 maart 2011 23:20 schreef Mercer het volgende:
Wat is de belangrijkste oorzaak van dit hele rijtje revoluties?
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Hundreds of families leaving Ras Lanuf. The men vowed to come back and fight against the Gaddafi forces... (via phone)
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Hundreds of families leaving Ras Lanuf. The men vowed to come back and fight against the Gaddafi forces... (via phone)
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Gaan ze er weer op af 
Hopelijk nemen ze Sirte snel in, dat gaat het moreel aan de kant van Khadaffi harde klappen geven. Aan de andere kant heb ik zo het gevoel dat men daar nog meer dan elders zal vechten tot de dood, en het een van de laatste bolwerken zal zijn die veroverd gaat worden.
Hopelijk nemen ze Sirte snel in, dat gaat het moreel aan de kant van Khadaffi harde klappen geven. Aan de andere kant heb ik zo het gevoel dat men daar nog meer dan elders zal vechten tot de dood, en het een van de laatste bolwerken zal zijn die veroverd gaat worden.
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AJA eyewitness live: Gaddafi tanks entered with force into Zawiya today and shelled high buildings, mosques and graves of martyrs #libya
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AJA eyewitness live: Gaddafi tanks entered with force into Zawiya today and shelled high buildings, mosques and graves of martyrs #libya
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Ik behoud liever onze rechtsstaat, dan dat ik me verlaag tot hetzelfde gedrag als Gadverdaffi. Dan maar een 'mietje'.quote:
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Saif Al Arab schijnt van München waar ie woont naar Parijs gevlucht te zijn (staat in onderstaand artikel). Die moet Frankrijk onmiddelijk oppakken. Maar dat gebeurt niet omdat we mietjes zijn dankzij onze rechtsstaten in Europa.
"Niet-wielrenners. De leegheid van die levens schokt me." - T. Krabbé
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Libya: Special Forces Saga Was No Conspiracy
The saga surrounding the eight special forces soldiers freed by rebels should be viewed as an embarrassing cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
It is entirely normal for the Foreign Office and MI6 to try and establish communication with rebel forces.
What is abnormal is that they failed to let them know they were coming.
There will inevitably be speculation that they were on some different, more clandestine type of mission.
But this was an overt operation, in broad daylight, using a helicopter.
If this was some type of 'black op' it would have involved arrival by sea and then movement by foot.
We've got money that belongs to the Libyan people and (the Foreign Office) are going to need to know who they're going to release that to.
Former SAS officer Robin Horsfall
The weapons being carried by the special forces there were not markedly different to those they would carry during normal operations.
Those on the mission will be well versed with assessing potential humanitarian crises.
Although that may not be the situation at present, this is a desert climate with two and a half million foreign workers who may suddenly want to get out, so a humanitarian crisis may be imminent.
Concern also persists within the intelligence community that Colonel Gaddafi still has weapons of mass destruction at his disposal, notably sulphur and mustard gas.
The rebels are adamant they do not want foreign help, as they do not want Gaddafi to exploit this help to claim this is a Western-inspired uprising rather than an organic explosion of anger.
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They have been calling for a no-fly zone in order to take away Gaddafi's advantage - which we have seen his forces use in recent days.
If the intercepted phone call with the British ambassador is authentic, as we understand it is, then the only request rebels are making is for small arms.
Former SAS officer Robin Horsfall told Sky News there were legitimate reasons for the mission.
"We've got money that belongs to the Libyan people and they're going to need to know who they're going to release that to," he said.
"That's leverage and that leverage is important, but they're going to need that support and they're going to need that money if they're going to win that campaign."
The saga surrounding the eight special forces soldiers freed by rebels should be viewed as an embarrassing cock-up rather than a conspiracy.
It is entirely normal for the Foreign Office and MI6 to try and establish communication with rebel forces.
What is abnormal is that they failed to let them know they were coming.
There will inevitably be speculation that they were on some different, more clandestine type of mission.
But this was an overt operation, in broad daylight, using a helicopter.
If this was some type of 'black op' it would have involved arrival by sea and then movement by foot.
We've got money that belongs to the Libyan people and (the Foreign Office) are going to need to know who they're going to release that to.
Former SAS officer Robin Horsfall
The weapons being carried by the special forces there were not markedly different to those they would carry during normal operations.
Those on the mission will be well versed with assessing potential humanitarian crises.
Although that may not be the situation at present, this is a desert climate with two and a half million foreign workers who may suddenly want to get out, so a humanitarian crisis may be imminent.
Concern also persists within the intelligence community that Colonel Gaddafi still has weapons of mass destruction at his disposal, notably sulphur and mustard gas.
The rebels are adamant they do not want foreign help, as they do not want Gaddafi to exploit this help to claim this is a Western-inspired uprising rather than an organic explosion of anger.
Interactive Middle East Map
They have been calling for a no-fly zone in order to take away Gaddafi's advantage - which we have seen his forces use in recent days.
If the intercepted phone call with the British ambassador is authentic, as we understand it is, then the only request rebels are making is for small arms.
Former SAS officer Robin Horsfall told Sky News there were legitimate reasons for the mission.
"We've got money that belongs to the Libyan people and they're going to need to know who they're going to release that to," he said.
"That's leverage and that leverage is important, but they're going to need that support and they're going to need that money if they're going to win that campaign."
~Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.~
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All times are in Libyan local time
2:02pm: The Arab League supports the creation of a military no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians, the French foreign ministry has told the AFP news agency. On Sunday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe held talks in Paris with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
1:54pm: Mr Gheriani also told Reuters that there were almost 17,000 rebel fighters out there in Ajdabiya and beyond, but they are scattered.
1:53pm: A spokesman for the rebel National Libyan Council has warned that Col Gaddafi could seek to destroy Libyas oil industry if there is no foreign military intervention soon. The West needs to move or this crazy guy will do something to the oilfields. He is like a wounded wolf. If the West does not intervene with tactical air strikes he could put the oilfields out of commission for a long time, Mustafa Gheriani told the Reuters news agency.
1:44pm: There has been a sharp increase in the number of North African migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Eleven boats carrying around 1,000 people reached Lampedusa overnight, and others have been sighted approaching the small island. Facilities there are being seriously over-stretched its reception centre only has beds for 850 people, and the authorities have restarted airlifts to move the migrants to the Italian mainland. Most of them are said to come from Tunisia. The influx has been increasing since the overthrow of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January, and the beginning of the uprising in Libya last month.
1:37pm: The Reuters news agency is also now reporting that a government warplane has launched an air strike in the eastern oil port town of Ras Lanuf. The jet fired two rockets at a checkpoint on the eastern outskirts, rebel fighter Mokhtar Dobrug said. There were no casualties.
1:29pm: Dr Sewehili also said it was difficult to get supplies into the country. We are trying to get medicines, infant milk and doctors into Libya but its proving very, very difficult. Weve been trying to get people through the borders, especially at the Tunisian end, but unfortunately thats been closed. We have had contacts with people who are able to use smuggling routes. That is costing a lot of money and is also very, very dangerous. The Libyan authorities, as in Gaddafis men, are not allowing people in with supplies, he explained.
1:25pm: Dr Ahmed Sewehli is a Libyan psychiatrist who has given up his job in England to help the medical community back in Libya. He told the BBC World Service that Misratas hospital was struggling to cope with the number of casualties. Unfortunately, there are not enough ventilators in the hospital to cope with the severely injured, and there is a shortage of anaesthetic agents, he said.
1:23pm: A rebel spokesman in Misrata, Mohammed Benrasali, told the BBC that there had been an eight-hour battle. Seven tanks entered the city supported by about 25 vehicle-mounted machine-guns. Three of the tanks made their way all the way to the town centre, where they were trapped in one of the squares and there was really heavy fighting. There was carnage and destruction.
All times are in Libyan local time
2:02pm: The Arab League supports the creation of a military no-fly zone over Libya to protect civilians, the French foreign ministry has told the AFP news agency. On Sunday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe held talks in Paris with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa.
1:54pm: Mr Gheriani also told Reuters that there were almost 17,000 rebel fighters out there in Ajdabiya and beyond, but they are scattered.
1:53pm: A spokesman for the rebel National Libyan Council has warned that Col Gaddafi could seek to destroy Libyas oil industry if there is no foreign military intervention soon. The West needs to move or this crazy guy will do something to the oilfields. He is like a wounded wolf. If the West does not intervene with tactical air strikes he could put the oilfields out of commission for a long time, Mustafa Gheriani told the Reuters news agency.
1:44pm: There has been a sharp increase in the number of North African migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa. Eleven boats carrying around 1,000 people reached Lampedusa overnight, and others have been sighted approaching the small island. Facilities there are being seriously over-stretched its reception centre only has beds for 850 people, and the authorities have restarted airlifts to move the migrants to the Italian mainland. Most of them are said to come from Tunisia. The influx has been increasing since the overthrow of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January, and the beginning of the uprising in Libya last month.
1:37pm: The Reuters news agency is also now reporting that a government warplane has launched an air strike in the eastern oil port town of Ras Lanuf. The jet fired two rockets at a checkpoint on the eastern outskirts, rebel fighter Mokhtar Dobrug said. There were no casualties.
1:29pm: Dr Sewehili also said it was difficult to get supplies into the country. We are trying to get medicines, infant milk and doctors into Libya but its proving very, very difficult. Weve been trying to get people through the borders, especially at the Tunisian end, but unfortunately thats been closed. We have had contacts with people who are able to use smuggling routes. That is costing a lot of money and is also very, very dangerous. The Libyan authorities, as in Gaddafis men, are not allowing people in with supplies, he explained.
1:25pm: Dr Ahmed Sewehli is a Libyan psychiatrist who has given up his job in England to help the medical community back in Libya. He told the BBC World Service that Misratas hospital was struggling to cope with the number of casualties. Unfortunately, there are not enough ventilators in the hospital to cope with the severely injured, and there is a shortage of anaesthetic agents, he said.
1:23pm: A rebel spokesman in Misrata, Mohammed Benrasali, told the BBC that there had been an eight-hour battle. Seven tanks entered the city supported by about 25 vehicle-mounted machine-guns. Three of the tanks made their way all the way to the town centre, where they were trapped in one of the squares and there was really heavy fighting. There was carnage and destruction.
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AJE: Ging een man met RPG staan om te schieten. Dat was heel mooi te zien, want de cameraman stond er recht achter! 
Gelukkig schoot die man niet.
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Gelukkig schoot die man niet.
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De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
[b]Op dinsdag 6 januari 2009 19:59 schreef Papierversnipperaar het volgende:[/b]
De gevolgen van de argumenten van de anti-rook maffia
Daarom kan je er ook geen vliegtuig mee uit de lucht schieten, dan brand je je reet gigantischquote:
AJE: Ging een man met RPG staan om te schieten. Dat was heel mooi te zien, want de cameraman stond er recht achter!
Gelukkig schoot die man niet.
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(als ze slim zijn zetten ze een gekromde buis aan het uiteinde zodat ze ook omhoog kunnen richten)
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En als je dan op een schuine ondergrond (heuveltje) gaat zitten?quote:
Daarom kan je er ook geen vliegtuig mee uit de lucht schieten, dan brand je je reet gigantisch
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Big boom just now 1 click west up road from Ras Lanuf crossroads. Mortar? Airstrike? Dunno. Just saw the smoke cloud. #libya
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Big boom just now 1 click west up road from Ras Lanuf crossroads. Mortar? Airstrike? Dunno. Just saw the smoke cloud. #libya
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