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Ah. Rescue mission done – and we have the first confirmed shooting at civilians...

Live Blog Libya - March 22 | Al Jazeera Blogs

7:25pm

Channel 4 News is reporting that six villagers in a field on the outskirts of Benghazi were shot and injured when a US helicopter landed to rescue a crew membr from the US fighter jet that crashed late on Monday.

It said the local Libyans who were injured in the rescue mission are currently in hospital and that one young boy is expected to have his leg amputated due to a bullet wound.



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Mar 22nd, 2011 at 03:48:32 PM EST
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  1. Lindsey Hilsum exclusiv report on C4news:US rescue chopper shoots Libyan rebel rescuers of crew of crashed US F15 wounding six one loses leg about 2 hours ago via web
    • Ghastly screwup in Libya:Us jet crashes:rebels save crew:US rescuers shoot rebel rescuers:one has leg amputated:Lindsey Hilsum C4News tonite


    Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
    by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Mar 22nd, 2011 at 04:17:27 PM EST
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    Ghastly screwup

    More like Iraq/Afghanistan rules of operation brought to Libya, methinks...

    *Lunatic*, n.
    One whose delusions are out of fashion.

    by DoDo on Tue Mar 22nd, 2011 at 04:56:27 PM EST
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    Apparently it's the helicopter door gunner did it.

    Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
    by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Mar 22nd, 2011 at 05:39:51 PM EST
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