Egypt Is Making It Clear On Who They Support In Libya's Civil War

Despite the ceasefire announced by Colonel Gaddafi, jets are to deploy to enforce the no-fly zone. Photograph: Sean Smith

Egypt Said To Arm Libya Rebels -- Wall Street Journal

CAIRO—Egypt's military has begun shipping arms over the border to Libyan rebels with Washington's knowledge, U.S. and Libyan rebel officials said.

The shipments—mostly small arms such as assault rifles and ammunition—appear to be the first confirmed case of an outside government arming the rebel fighters. Those fighters have been losing ground for days in the face of a steady westward advance by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

The Egyptian shipments are the strongest indication to date that some Arab countries are heeding Western calls to take a lead in efforts to intervene on behalf of pro-democracy rebels in their fight against Mr. Gadhafi in Libya. Washington and other Western countries have long voiced frustration with Arab states' unwillingness to help resolve crises in their own region, even as they criticized Western powers for attempting to do so.

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My Comment: Better late than never .... but one can see the hand of the U.S. coupled with Saudi weapons flowing via through Egupt.