After three Dutch soldiers were arrested in a covert operation in Libya, now is also a James Bond-like use of the British elite SAS unit went wrong. Roadside actions show how difficult it is interference of the West in the conflict. Who's the loser, not to make the mockery. "Fool in the desert," scoffed the Guardian on after the leaked secret operation of the British elite SAS soldiers in Libya weekend.
"The troops came in the style of James Bond by helicopter - and went by ship rather conventional." A "diplomatic disaster" noted the BBC and the Daily Mail complained about the "farce" that Britain had made a "mockery". The operation had gone wrong in fact thoroughly. Under cover of darkness on Friday morning, a Chinook helicopter was seven soldiers of the British SAS special forces and an agent of the British foreign intelligence agency landed southwest of the Libyan city of Benghazi.
Supposedly, it represented the British government should be "the small diplomatic team" to contact the Libyan rebels to include in the area. They did then - if different than I expected. The rebels had heard the sound of helicopters, fired warning shots and put the black-clad intruders to task, as they made their way to the meeting with a local contact person.
The British soldiers were arrested, questioned and released on Sunday. A British warship brought them from Benghazi to Malta. The London media have asked yourself why your own government officials had to land at night in the desert, but if they in broad daylight from the gangway had just anchored in a Benghazi British warship can walk.
Libya is a sovereign country and expect that the borders would be respected by all, said a spokesman for the National Council, the rebel representative in Benghazi. As punishment, they confiscated the helicopter and the weapons of the British. The failed SAS mission is the second breakdown of Western soldiers action after last week arrested three Dutch marines in a secret operation.
The Dutch were in the hands of Gadhafi's fallen troops when they tried to evacuate with a Lynx helicopter from the frigate Tromp MS "near the town of Sirte two Western people. Further details are not known, the three soldiers are on show in Libyan custody Both operations, the difficulty of any Western intervention in the civil war.
"The troops came in the style of James Bond by helicopter - and went by ship rather conventional." A "diplomatic disaster" noted the BBC and the Daily Mail complained about the "farce" that Britain had made a "mockery". The operation had gone wrong in fact thoroughly. Under cover of darkness on Friday morning, a Chinook helicopter was seven soldiers of the British SAS special forces and an agent of the British foreign intelligence agency landed southwest of the Libyan city of Benghazi.
Supposedly, it represented the British government should be "the small diplomatic team" to contact the Libyan rebels to include in the area. They did then - if different than I expected. The rebels had heard the sound of helicopters, fired warning shots and put the black-clad intruders to task, as they made their way to the meeting with a local contact person.
The British soldiers were arrested, questioned and released on Sunday. A British warship brought them from Benghazi to Malta. The London media have asked yourself why your own government officials had to land at night in the desert, but if they in broad daylight from the gangway had just anchored in a Benghazi British warship can walk.
Libya is a sovereign country and expect that the borders would be respected by all, said a spokesman for the National Council, the rebel representative in Benghazi. As punishment, they confiscated the helicopter and the weapons of the British. The failed SAS mission is the second breakdown of Western soldiers action after last week arrested three Dutch marines in a secret operation.
The Dutch were in the hands of Gadhafi's fallen troops when they tried to evacuate with a Lynx helicopter from the frigate Tromp MS "near the town of Sirte two Western people. Further details are not known, the three soldiers are on show in Libyan custody Both operations, the difficulty of any Western intervention in the civil war.
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