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Libya crisis: Gaddafi forces adopt rebel tactics
Ras Lanuf has now changed hands for the fourth time in three weeks.
BBC world affairs editor John Simpson in Tripoli has been assessing
the fighting.
Colonel Gaddafi's forces have changed their tactics.
The Libyan army has not always been known for its efficiency or its
high morale.
Now though, it has shown a remarkable degree of flexibility, and has
chosen to adopt tactics used by the rebels only a few days ago, when
they were sweeping along the coastal road, apparently unstoppably, in
the direction of Sirte.
The sudden turnaround of fortune is the result of several factors.
The first is that Colonel Gaddafi's army has decided to follow
methods which the rebels have used so successfully.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12911904
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C.I.A. in Libya Aiding Rebels, U.S. Officials Say
The Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives
into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and make
contacts with rebels battling Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's forces,
according to American officials.
While President Obama has insisted that no American ground troops
join in the Libyan campaign, small groups of C.I.A. operatives have
been working in Libya for several weeks and are part of a shadow
force of Westerners that the Obama administration hopes can help set
back Colonel Qaddafi's military, the officials said.
The C.I.A. presence comprises an unknown number of American officers
who had worked at the spy agency's station in Tripoli and those who
arrived more recently. In addition, current and former British
officials said, dozens of British special forces and MI6 intelligence
officers are working inside Libya. The British operatives have been
directing airstrikes from British Tornado jets and gathering
intelligence about the whereabouts of Libyan government tank columns,
artillery pieces, and missile installations, the officials said.
By meeting with rebel groups, the Americans hope to fill in gaps in
understanding who the leaders are of the groups opposed Colonel
Qaddafi, and what their allegiances are, according to United States
government officials speaking only on condition of anonymity because
the actions of C.I.A. operatives are classified. The C.I.A. has
declined to comment.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/world/africa/31intel.html
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by kcvl
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
Post by and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)Has the media spin made all people forgetful?
http://youtu.be/V9sMo-LTdSc
Posted Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
(Obama: If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL
Arizona instigator))
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
Post by and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)Brothers in arms with Al Qaeda now... Hope-n-Change!
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty!!)
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
Post by and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the
last two or three weeks, according to four U.S. government sources
familiar with the matter.
Such findings are a principal form of presidential directive used to
authorize secret operations by the Central Intelligence Agency. The
CIA and the White House declined immediate comment.
News that Obama had given the authorization surfaced as the President
and other U.S. and allied officials spoke openly about the
possibility of sending arms supplies to Gaddafi's opponents, who are
fighting better-equipped government forces.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42345488/ns/politics
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by maggief
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
Post by and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)Less than 10 years ago, Al Qaeda blew up our buildings, killed over
3,000 people and created mass panic in this country and yet we are
now funding their war to take over Arab countries.
Thanks, Obama.
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by OrangeHoof
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
Post by and/or www.mantra.com/jai (Dr. Jai Maharaj)Obama signed secret order authorizing covert U.S. support for rebel
forces in Libya: officials
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