Please read yesterday's post.
It's brief and important.Who are we helping in Libya?
27 March 2011
Summary: This post looks at some of what little public information we have about the Libyan rebels. It’s not encouraging, and forms a weird foundaion for our interventionists dreams about Libya.
Contents
- Who are the rebels? – Libya’s Opposition Leadership Comes into Focus, Stratfor, 20 March 2011
- Confident guessing: “A Libyan Fight for Democracy, or a Civil War?“, New York Times, 21 March 2011
- A cautionary note: “Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links”, The Telegraph, 25 March 2011
- About the rebels organization and military skills: Libya: rebels without a hope?, Martin Ottmann, website of the School of International Relation at the U of Nottingham, 21 March 2011
- About the rebels military resources: “Libyan rebels’ weapons deficit”, International Institute of Strategic Studies, 8 March 2011
- For more information
Excerpts
(1) Libya’s Opposition Leadership Comes into Focus, Stratfor, 20 March 2011 — It”s coming into focus, but still remains vague. We’re fighting to bring a new regime into power, of a nature To Be Determined Later. Excerpt:
