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5-On-A-Toboggan t1_itmgkpp wrote

Reply to comment by PuckSR in TIL That Matt Bissonnette, the former DEVGRU operator who, under the pseudonym Mark Owen, wrote the first book about the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden was forced to turn over the almost $7 million he made from the book because he failed to get the book approved before it was published. by GentPc

NATO intercepted a satellite phone call from Gaddafi which pinpointed his fleeing in a convoy. NATO aircraft and a US predator drone, piloted remotely from the US, fired on Gaddafi's convoy crippling it so that he could be taken out by Libyans. None of this is conspiracy; it's the official narrative.

'We found him, handcuffed him, and threw him in the tiger cage, but it was the tiger that did the deed, not us.'

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litux t1_ittkxz0 wrote

Huh, TIL.

I had no idea that the convoy was stopped by NATO aircraft.

Although, since you mentioned the official narrative...

> According to their statement, NATO was not aware at the time of the strike that Gaddafi was in the convoy. NATO stated that, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, it does not target individuals, but only military assets that pose a threat. NATO later learned "from open sources and Allied intelligence" that Gaddafi was in the convoy and that the strike was likely to have contributed to his capture and therefore his death. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muammar_Gaddafi

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