British - French Military Advisers To Assist Libya's Rebel Army

Lord, give me strength: A rebel fighter praying near the front line of Ajdabiyah

Britain Risks Accusations Of 'Mission Creep' As Army Chiefs Are Sent To Benghazi To Offer Military Advice To Rebels Fighting Gaddafi -- The Daily Mail

* Army officers will advise rebels how to launch attacks
* Similarities drawn to past conflicts in Vietnam, Somalia and Afghanistan
* Evacuees taken to Benghazi as Gaddafi's men continue to pound Misrata
* Allies to help thousands more escape the destroyed town in coming days
* Rebels claim 10,000 people have been killed since uprising began
* Calls for Gaddafi's second wife to have assets frozen

A team of top British Army officers is being sent to Libya to advise rebels who are locked in a bitter conflict with Colonel Gaddafi's forces.

The UK group will be deployed to the opposition stronghold of Benghazi, Libya's second city, in a mentoring role to help leaders who are co-ordinating attacks on the dictator's army.

The announcement came after a Royal Navy submarine launched cruise missiles on Libyan targets, with RAF warplanes attacking communication masts.

And up to 1,000 sick or injured Libyans were evacuated from the battered city of Misrata after the UK and other nations chartered ships to carry the stranded residents.

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More News On U.K. Military Advisers Going To Libya

Fears of Libya mission creep as British-French advisory team sent to Benghazi -- The Guardian
Britain sending military advisers to Libya -- AFP
Army experts to mentor Libya rebels -- Press Association
UK officers to train Libya rebels -- News24
Britain to send military advisers to Libya -- Al Jazeera
Britain to send military advisers to help Libyan rebels -- USA Today
The Libyan mission is creeping, no doubt -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian