Secret Benghazi airstrike report.
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2011
BENGHAZI: AIRSTRIKE ASSESSMENT
01APRIL20110000Z
TO: AFRICOM, NATO, UNSC,
FROM:BGZP001/IIIMAF68 HQ
CLASSIFIED: SECRET --EYES ONLY
BENGHAZI: INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF RAID ON LIBYAN REGULAR FORCES SITUATED 35 KM (20 MI) SOUTH OF BENGHAZI ON 20MARCH2011; AT LEAST SEVEN T-72 TYPE RUSSIAN TANKS DESTROYED BY COALITION AIRSTRIKES; INCLUDING AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF SUPPORT VEHICLES, SMALL PICKUP TRUCKS, ARTILLERY PIECES. STRIKE LED BY COALITION AIRCRAFT, MAINLY FRENCH.
CASUALTIES UNKNOWN; NO EXACT NUMBERS OF KIA OR MIA REPORTED AS THE AREA, INSTEAD OF BEING CORDONED OFF BY REBEL MILITIA; BECAME A PHOTO SESSION FOR SIGHTSEERS AND BODIES WERE STACKED AND REMOVED; DOCUMENTS AND INSIGNIAS WERE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR, NO MAPS HAVE BEEN APPARENTLY RETRIEVED.
THERE IS ALSO NO INDICATION OF ANY PRISONERS TAKEN; ANY SURVIVORS OF THE APPARENT SURPRISE ATTACK ON THE ENCAMPMENT BLENDED INTO THE BACKGROUND OF SIGHTSEERS AND SOUVENIR HUNTERS THAT ENSUED.
IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SECURE A TACTICAL SITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, KEEP ALL PHOTO SEEKERS, JOURNALISTS, LOCALS AND SIGHTSEERS CLEAR OF THE AREA UNTIL A COMPETENT MILITARY EVALUATION TEAM CAN ASSESS THE EXTENT OF THE MISSION, TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL ENEMY KIA AND WIA, AND TO TAKE ANY PRISONERS FOR INTERROGATION IF POSSIBLE. ALL SOUVENIRS, PATCHES, INSIGNIAS AND WEAPONS NEED BE CONFISCATED FROM SOUVENIR HUNTERS AND TURNED OVER TO INTELLIGENCE FOR EXAMINATION. THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF WHAT NOT TO DO FOLLOWING A TACTICAL STRIKE THAT MAY HAVE PROVIDED VALUABLE INFORMATION OF THE FUTURE BEHAVIOUR OF THE ENEMY.
END OF REPORT
DISTR. CHANNELS, ET, INCL. G-2, G-3, G4
CLASSIFIED: SECRET-- EYES ONLY
Questions I'm asking myself (no one has to answer) :
ReplyDeleteWhere did this come from?
It is dated 01 April, very fresh. Has that strike on regular army tanks been as recent? Strange.
What could UNSC mean in this memo? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNSC_%28disambiguation%29
Anyway: very nasty.
Incredible! When is Sarkozy going to the Hague to answer for his war crimes? I'd expect him, Gbagbo, Blair, Bush and Obama share the same bus down town.
ReplyDeleteNow off you go like 'nice' little murderers.
FYI some very good background info on Gadaffa and Libya in this article on Juan Cole and the Cruise missile leftists:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/apr2011/pers-a01.shtml
also
racist rebels
http://somalilandpress.com/libya-rebels-execute-black-immigrants-while-forces-kidnap-others-20586
and
US/NATO forces kill civilians:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/apr2011/nato-a01.shtml
see: there no such thing as 'bombig for peace'
Brian
Telegraph reported 'monitors on the ground said mines had been laid'. So who are those monitors then? UK special services or CIA wearing 'sneakers' ( not boots) helping the rebebels calling in airstrikes. Totally illegal. Oh I forgot, Hilarious, Camoron, Vague and Sarkozy have pronounced the LibGov 'illegitimate'. So that's alright then. CAM
ReplyDelete'Eu to launch its own humanitarian effort in libya' ( with military support for the humanitarian agences) . Invasion by another name?
ReplyDeletePlus they are still bombing more towns.
CAM
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/04/02/48352997.html
latest
ReplyDeletehttp://benghazipost.blogspot.com/2011/04/ajdabiya-assessment-order-of-battle.html
CAM
@Levantine
ReplyDeleteIt's a report issued on the 1st April 2011 in respect of bombings that occurred on 20th March 2011 by France et al.
UNSC undoubtedly refers to the UN security council and not UN statistical commission. It's the council that's directly ceased of the matter.
There are however, a few more important points to note. The report was sent from BGZP001/IIIMAF68 HQ. What does that mean? I can hazard a guess and say BGZ stands for Benghazi. Anybody know what P001/IIIMAF68HQ represents? Is it a rebel unit or a foreign entity? If it is a rebel unit, what is a rebel unit doing sending RECCE reports and assessments to the Security Council, AFRICOM and NATO, bodies that are presumed neutral in the matter. If it is a foreign body what is it doing on ground in Libya and in clear violation of Res 1973? The latter clearly would show the UN, NATO and AFRICOM as being complicit in some very dark manoeuvrings. Why AFRICOM? What specifically is its role in all of this being an American entity?
That the report becomes critical when it states "THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT IS A CLEAR INDICATION OF WHAT NOT TO DO FOLLOWING A TACTICAL STRIKE THAT MAY HAVE PROVIDED VALUABLE INFORMATION OF THE FUTURE BEHAVIOUR OF THE ENEMY." is indicative of some foreign body's assessment and tutorial. A foreign body tagged "BGZP001/IIIMAF68 HQ" suggests not only a presence in Libya but one headquartered in Benghazi i.e. an official address.
Finally, we must not be unmindful of the date of the said post, perhaps it is an April fool stunt.
Libya peace negotiations under way...thanks mercury.. let us hope they suceed. CAM
ReplyDeletehttp://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/04/04/libya-peace-negotiations-are-already-underway/