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, Reply)