Is this true? Deployment in Libya?

[icydawgfish]

My dad posted this link on his facebook today:

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/222317.html

It claims that 12,000 troops have been secretly deployed to Libya. Before I jump on it and tell him it's just another crazy conspiracy (he's one of the tinfoil hat/Alex Jones New World Order crowd), is this even remotely true? A quick google search yields nothing from any major news sites and one of the first links is Alex Jones's site. I have my doubts about the credibility given the lack of sources but I want a second opinion.

A quick confirmation or denial would be great, thanks. If it's not true, I'll ask this. Is there any reason to deploy troops and should we in the near future? Just a hypothetical to ponder over. Personally, I think the no-fly-zone is enough unless things get really out of hand e.g. new regime massacring civilians or other atrocities in which I would support a NATO or UN peacekeeping intervention ala Yugoslavia.

[intel]

Presstv, really?

[Kitsunegari]

Alex Jones scooped the Illuminati stooges!

[DarthShizNit]

Yeah, because it's real easy to deploy 12,000 men secretly......................

[Imperial]

No.

[icydawgfish]

I wasn't saying it is ture, I just wanted a confirmation. That was the source I saw on facebook from my (often times crazy) father, I just wanted to double check and make sure it wasn't true before arguing the point as not to make an ass of myself.

Edit: Thanks Imperial, + rep

[intel]

I wasn't saying it is ture, I just wanted a confirmation. That was the source I saw on facebook from my (often times crazy) father, I just wanted to double check and make sure it wasn't true before arguing the point as not to make an ass of myself.

I sincerely believe that your stance is called intellectual laziness.

That's how you should act:

Step 1: See a dumb conspiracy theory coming from unreliable source
Step 2: Reject it
Step 3: ???
Step 4: PROFIT!

[Strattios]

No. A few quote "advisers" are all that is there. Then again, those types are every where.

[Armenum]

Well the original source is Asharq Alawsat seemingly.

[Kanaric]

lol I do not know of a 12k person deployment. There is no way that could be kept secret.

[intel]

lol I do not know of a 12k person deployment. There is no way that could be kept secret.

Two full infantry brigades here or there, what's the difference?

[Roboute Guilliman]

The US shouldnt try to send troops on European Federation territory.

[hellheaven1987]

Not now but it probably is needed in near future.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=518403

[Libyana]

this is bull im from bengahzi libya which is near brega and this is bull

[Sir Winston Churchill]

this is bull im from bengahzi libya which is near brega and this is bull

And there you have it children, straight from the Libyan's mouth.

[s.rwitt]

Hey, look how wrong hellheaven was. Shocking.

[hellheaven1987]

Hey, look how wrong hellheaven was. Shocking.

Sure sure, I am wrong, ok?

New Libyan parliament elected an Islamist as head of parliament

Libya's newly elected interim assembly has elected former opposition activist Mohammed Magarief as its president, a day after it assumed power.

Mr Magarief will lead the assembly in its task of appointing a prime minister and running the country until a constitution is drafted next year.

He is considered a moderate Islamist and beat a liberal in the vote.

The interim National Transitional Council handed power to the 200-member assembly on Thursday.

The NTC, which was formed during last year's revolt that overthrew and killed Muammar Gaddafi, has now been dissolved.

Crowds in central Tripoli celebrated after the handover, which was the first peaceful transition of power in Libya's modern history.

The new assembly is tasked with electing a prime minister and passing laws until full parliamentary elections can be held under a new constitution.

It was elected on 7 July, in the country's first free and fair polls in decades and is a mixture of independent candidates and political parties.

Out of the 80 seats reserved for parties, the broadly secular National Forces Alliance, led by ex-interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril - gained 39 seats, more than any other grouping.

Source

[Yosemite]

yes its true

my dad works for iran

[I WUB PUGS]

Libyana is wrong. I along with 11,999 other inactive ready reserve US Marines were secretly called up and shipped out without anyone knowing.

I'm hanging out on the beach right now waiting for the counter-revolution to begin.

[Sir Pignans]

From the news agency that brought you: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/08...al-bioweapons/

“An apparent Pentagon video, leaked by the hacker group Anonymous, details US military plans to develop and deploy a biological weapon that would destroy people's receptivity to religion in targeted Muslim populations,” Dr. Kevin Barrett wrote in an article on Press TV website.