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Brain -> Libya's western rebels run tighter operation than eastern brethren (5/7/2011 2:17:27 AM)
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This should help the rebels.
Hillary Clinton: US to use Qaddafi's frozen assets against him
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2011/0505/Hillary-Clinton-US-to-use-Qaddafi-s-frozen-assets-against-him
As Yogi Berra would say it's not over till it's over. The Western rebels are putting up a good fight but there must be something that can be done to organize the east.
Libya's western rebels run tighter operation than eastern brethren
Video footage of one battle last week showed rebels engaged in a multipronged strike in which they captured a village, killed several Qaddafi loyalists, and suffered few losses. Then on the afternoon of April 28, in broad daylight, pro-Qaddafi forces rumbled up an unguarded mountain road, caught the rebels unawares, and recaptured the border post from behind. It was a short-lived victory: Qaddafi’s forces were soon cut off and forced to flee into Tunisia, shooting as they went. They left behind three dead. The assault was a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities – and sometimes over-confidence – of this fledgling rebel force. But it also showed how quickly they can muster to fight across this band of rebel-held territory, which stretches from the Tunisian border to south of Tripoli.
Where the rebels have positions for tanks they captured from pro-Qaddafi forces, they have made large rebel flag designs on the ground to alert NATO planes that they are “friendly” forces. And a system is clearly in place to provide food and water to front-line rebel forces from the truckloads of supplies and donations that now pour across the border from Tunisia
“They have competence gained through incompetence, and have made corrections,” says a British security expert who has traveled in rebel sectors in recent days. “I’ve been astonished by the organization and the will power,” says a rebel supporter in Nalut, called Akram. “There is a lack of good weapons. But everybody is fighting, from the old guy to the young man.”
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0506/Libya-s-western-rebels-run-tighter-operation-than-eastern-brethren
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Italy's foreign minister Franco Frattini at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the Second Contact Group Meeting on Libya, in Rome, on Thursday, May 5.
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