US Mission in Benghazi Attacked, One Person Injured

Press TV
June 7, 2012 

One person has been wounded in a bomb attack at the US consulate premises in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

“There was an attack late last night on the United States office in Benghazi,” AFP quoted a US diplomat as saying on Wednesday.

The official added that the improvised explosive device detonated outside the gate of the consulate, but no one was injured. However, Libyan authorities said a [...]

Believe it or not, Obama lied about the US role in Libya:

AFRICOM: AF, Navy still flying Libya missions

 

By Dave Majumdar – Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jun 30, 2011 12:33:04 EDT

Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration’s claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO operation.

An Africa Command (AFRICOM) spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that since NATO’s Operation Unified Protector (OUP) took over from the American-led Operation Odyssey [...]

US Military Intervention in Libya Cost At Least $896 Million

ABC News’ Luis Martinez (@LMartinezABC) reports:  The cost of U.S. military intervention in Libya has cost American taxpayers an estimated $896 million through July 31, the Pentagon said today.

The price tag includes the amounts for daily military operations, munitions used in the operation and humanitarian assistance for the Libyan people.

The U.S. has also promised $25 million in non-lethal aid to the Libyan Transitional National [...]

REPORT: U.S. Air Force, Navy still flying hundreds of missions over Libya

Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration’s claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO operation.

An Africa Command (AFRICOM) spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that since NATO’s Operation Unified Protector (OUP) took over from the American-led Operation Odyssey Dawn on March 31, the U.S. military has flown hundreds of [...]

HOUSE REJECTS MEASURE TO ALLOW ONLY SOME SUPPORT ACTIONS

by ZH

Just out:

HOUSE REJECTS MEASURE TO ALLOW ONLY SOME SUPPORT ACTIONS
HOUSE VOTES NOT TO RESTRICT U.S. MILITARY ROLE IN LIBYA

The vote was  238 to 180. So does this mean the president is now implicitly violating the War Powers Act? It is getting impossible to follow all the strands of the 5 war fronts that America is successfully finding itself into. Also, does it mean America is [...]

In Libya, US backs off, Gadhafi digs in

Per AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly U.S. missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, the American combat role is ending, the rag-tag rebels are reeling and the Pentagon is betting its European allies can finish the job.

Gadhafi is still standing, with a few uncertain signs that his inner circle [...]