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| Libya: who are the rebels? Experts say it's still a mystery |
| 2011-03-24 |
| Some background on the tribes of Libya here. Who really are the anti-Gaddafi rebels? More than a month after the beginning of the February 17 uprising, it is still difficult to tell, according to Karim Mezran, the director of the American Studies Centre in Rome and Professor at Johns Hopkins University in Rome, who holds dual Italian and Libyan nationality. "People always pull out the same names," Mezran says of the more well-known representatives of Libya's National Transitional Council, "while people say that they do not want to identify the others to avoid putting them in danger, but there are doubts as to whether they even really exist. Then there are defectors and deserters of the Gaddafi regime, but I don't think that independent figures are part of the movement". |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Well considering the mercenaries these reports make sense in real world way, and has the double edge of when word reaches the mercenaries, they certainly will not surrender or escape...almost like there is a reason throughout history mercs hired to put down civil uprisings were brought in from other lands. Second, this is a large area with many different ancient histories - I would hesitate to say The Tribes Called Quest have the same goals or even be friendly to each other even after a theorized victory over Team Daffy. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-03-24 18:14 |
| #1 Well, for starters they are supported by al Qaeda and are participating in racial cleansing. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-03-24 16:52 |