Thread: Libya

"Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, said American naval and air assets are being repositioned to within striking distance of Libya to ensure that "a full range of options [is] available."

Lapan declined to specify which ships were on their way, but both the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group and the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge -- with elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard -- are in the western Indian Ocean and reportedly were shifting course."
US, Allies Aim Military and Financial Might Against Gadhafi

"With his warplanes bombing rebel-held towns in eastern Libya, Moammar Gadhafi vowed today to fight until the "last drop of blood," and warned that "thousands of Libyans will die" if the U.S. or NATO intervene."

Moammar Gadhafi Bombs Eastern Libya, Threatens Deaths If US Intervenes

"With orders from the White House to prepare "all options," military planners across the armed services are scrambling, from the XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division headquartered here, to the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fla., down to the future operations cell of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked on the USS Kearsarge, an amphibious assault carrier headed toward Libya from the Red Sea.

Most of the Marines assigned to the 26 MEU are currently fighting in Afghanistan, so Defense Secretary Robert Gates Tuesday ordered 400 Marines from the United States to join the Kearsarge in the Mediterranean Sea later this week."

U.S. Military Readies Libya Options -- With Caution



Shit might get real.