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It just got weirder.



http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_LIBYA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-07-29-11-49-41

Busted!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/qatari-military-advisers-on-the-ground-helping-libyan-rebels-get-into-shape/2011/05/11/AFZsPV1G_story.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/world/africa/21rebels.html?_r=2&ref=global-home

BENGHAZI, Libya — A PKT machine gun, a weapon designed to be mounted on a Soviet tank and fired electronically by...

Getting better, but still a Charlie Foxtrot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsMWvg2NDaU[/URL]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/07/benghazi-rebel-boot-camp-training

Rebel source tells Al Jazeera about training offered by US and Egyptian special forces in eastern Libya.


Video here
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/04/201142172443133798.html

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/01/2146279/routed-from-key-towns-libyan-rebels.html#ixzz1IKeZw6gu

Since it's worthy of it's own thread.



http://www.npr.org/2011/04/01/135023821/for-libyan-rebels-a-battle-against-time-to-organize


...

Either
Ralph Waldo Emerson

or Machiavelli (the jist, at least), take yer pick.

"And here we must observe that men must either be flattered or crushed; for they will revenge themselves for...

:eek:

(Then again, how often have we encountered a more-subtle version of 'left hand, meet right hand' in 1st World Armies?)
...

Libyan militia get nutrolled.
http://livefist.blogspot.com/2011/03/libya-day-ras-lanuf-fell.html

Why is this surprising? With enough cash, you can go anywhere on the planet and raise a mini-army of thugs, Igors and Quislings that'll do your bidding.

Gaddafi has cash, lots of it, and he has a...

http://www.france24.com/en/20110309-gaddafi-military-libya-civil-war-mercenaries-army-rebels

Narrator's voice (sotto voce) : Meanwhile, back at the Topic...




http://www.eurasiareview.com/analysis/a-joint-arab-force-could-better-enforce-a-libya-no-fly-zone-11032011/

http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2011/03/virtually-unknown-in-west-libyas-water.html#comments

Chivers on Libyan MANPADs



http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/the-perils-of-libyas-loose-arms/?partner=rss&emc=rss