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Red Future
28th April 2011, 16:08
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/27/gaddafi-arms-17-libyan-nato

As part of the drive towards an unofficial civilian army..Guerrilla tactics anyone??
RadioRaheem84
28th April 2011, 16:44
Good. I am glad Libyans will have a strong defense should NATO send ground troops.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/28/nato-air-strike-misrata-rebels

NATO bombs fall on their own allies. Shows they're just indiscriminately bombing the country.
Red Future
28th April 2011, 16:48
Good. I am glad Libyans will have a strong defense should NATO send ground troops.

Which judging by the rebels combat performance is Likely
RadioRaheem84
28th April 2011, 17:43
If the rebellion was such a popular movement, why is Gaddafi giving guns to civilians?

Have people seen the real motives of the rebellion leaders or was their never really that much popularity surrounding the rebels to begin with?

Honest question, no sarcasm.
Sinister Cultural Marxist
28th April 2011, 18:39
If the rebellion was such a popular movement, why is Gaddafi giving guns to civilians?

Have people seen the real motives of the rebellion leaders or was their never really that much popularity surrounding the rebels to begin with?

Honest question, no sarcasm.

This is an interesting question, but I don't know if anyone except the most ardent rebels were naive to think that Gaddafi isn't supported by at least a moderate segment of the population.

It does seem like the rebels are largely from groups which have been ignored or "collectively punished" over the years by the Gaddafi government. This would explain why rural berbers recently rose up, as well as Misratah, while most of Tripoli and Sirte didn't see the same kind of unrest.
RadioRaheem84
28th April 2011, 20:07
Yes, but there is also a sector of professionals, Western educated intellectuals, neo-liberal propagandists and pre-professional college students (doctors, engineers, and lawyers) that also make up a big composite of the rebellion that get a lot of media attention.

Along with the forgotten segments of the Libyan underclass (probably considered lumpen), the people listed above represent a demographic that probably wants a liberal democracy because they feel they will get more out of it in terms of money and social power than they would in Gaddafi's state-beareaucratic regime.