Libyan Rebels Are In Hopeless Disarray

U.S., Allies See Libyan Rebels In Hopeless Disarray -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Too little is known about Libya's rebels and they remain too fragmented for the United States to get seriously involved in organizing or training them, let alone arming them, U.S. and European officials say.

U.S. and allied intelligence agencies believe NATO's no-fly zone and air strikes will be effective in stopping Muammar Gaddafi's forces from killing civilians and dislodging rebels from strongholds like Benghazi, the officials say.

But the more the intelligence agencies learn about rebel forces, the more they appear to be hopelessly disorganized and incapable of coalescing in the foreseeable future.

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My Comment: So much for the spin that this was going to be a very short war. Unless there are NATO boots on the ground and NATO supervision, the reality is that this is going to be a long and bloody conflict that will cost the U.S. and member NATO nations like Britain and France billions of dollars. In the interim, the bloodletting continues in Libyan cities like Misrata.