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Conley
10-21-2011, 11:50 AM
Officials say that when NATO aircraft fired on 75 vehicles before the capture and killing of Muammar Qaddafi, they didn't know the former leader was in the convoy, above, as NATO's top commander announces he will recommend an end to the alliance's seven-month Libya mission.

NATO acknowledged Friday that its warplanes struck pro-Qaddafi military vehicles but were unaware that the ousted Libyan leader was in the convoy.

NATO's top commander, meanwhile, said he will recommend the end of the alliance's Libya mission.

NATO said that the 11 military vehicles targeted Thursday were among a heavily-armed convoy of 75 vehicles transporting Muammar Qaddafi away from Sirte "at high speed" at around 8:30 a.m. local time.

"At the time of the strike, NATO did not know that Qaddafi was in the convoy," the statement said. "NATO's intervention was conducted solely to reduce the threat towards the civilian population, as required to do under our UN mandate. As a matter of policy, NATO does not target individuals."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/21/libyans-qaddafi-to-be-buried-in-islamic-tradition/#ixzz1bR5EkBaF

Seems like they either must have known or their have terrible intell. 11 military vehicles traveling together can't be too common considering how fractured Qaddafi's forces were.

Conley
10-21-2011, 11:51 AM
Sounds like our drones were involved too.