Civil War in Libya

[Viking]

A story from The Telegraph detailing the crash-landing of the US fighter jet, fitting right into the pro-interventionist propaganda machinery.

Hmm, something not quite as charming reported at Channel4:

EXCLUSIVE: Six villagers in a field on the outskirts of Benghazi were shot and injured when a US helicopter landed to rescue a crew member from the crashed jet, reports Lindsey Hilsum.
Channel 4 News International Editor, Lindsey Hilsum, says that the villagers were shot when a US helicopter picked up the pilot who had ejected from the F-15E Eagle plane after it experienced a mechanical failure.

The US aircraft crashed on Monday night and was found in a field outside Benghazi and landed in rebel-held territory.

The local Libyans who were injured in the rescue mission are currently in hospital. They are the first confirmed casualities of allied operations, almost four days after operations began. At the time of writing, no one had died as a result of the gunfire.

Wonder what the justifications are.

EDIT: found this in the twitter feed of a Telegraph journalist:

It was a second jet that opened fire, wounding locals, according to the witnesses. Not the rescue helicopter

That should explain it.