The SAS were training the rebels so they could become the rebels.


Who was planning a civil war?

I thought it was a grass roots movement for democratic change?

Setting up a bank is very odd when all you are is a group of people wanting democracy...
( Larry Death Anger Pain Fear Aggression, Wed 7 Dec 2011, 15:31, 1 reply)

Well...
The NTC formed in late February, against Gaddafi, and in support of the protests that started in mid-February. They were made up of tribal leaders, bankers, businessmen, and defectors from the military and the Gaddafi regime.

From the outset, they were planning and conducting a civil war. They set up a central bank, paid for the training of troops, bought arms, set up links with NATO countries, all the sort of sensible stuff you do when you're preparing to take on your own government in armed conflict.

Actually, I'm not even sure what alternative reading of this you're implying.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Wed 7 Dec 2011, 15:47, closed)