JMA that was a completely fascinating article. SWJ evolved from the Urban Operations Journal I think and this article is the partial story of one hell of an urban operation. I hope we get the full story some day.

The dictator's forces seem to have nothing much besides heavy weapons and some organization. The rebels have human material and heart. The dictator's forces keep getting chipped away at by NATO and small defeats. The rebels are learning on the job and maybe through training in the east that we don't hear much about. An interesting situation.