Surely you know how these things work by now. The rebels were well funded before this uprising ever began. CIA talks with rebels had been going on throughout the 2000s, with the stated aim of organizing active opposition to Libya. They had shiny new tanks and shiny new machine guns. They were funded and supplied by these very same NATO powers bombing the sovereign state of Libya in a brazen act of aggression and violation of the UN charter.
The Libyan rebels were organizing out of London since 2005, through a series of conferences via NCLO (" Organizing Committee for the National Conference of the Libyan Opposition"). Several groups were involved, including Libyan monarchists which is why they use the old pro-British monarchist flag as their new flag. Also involved were the CIA-backed National Front for the Salvation of Libya. The NFSL openly operates in the United State and has for a long time. The leader of the NFSL has been trained by the US and British military. In October of 2010 Libyan opposition leaders in France lobbied France heavily for support of their scheme for 'regime change' in Libya. In December of 2010 the Tunisian uprising begins, with US trained social media activists operating out of Freedom House and similar groups "organizing" it. Similar "facebook protests" organized by Freedom House operatives are launched in Egypt (in January) and in Libya (In February). Bush admin officials *admitted* that they have been working behind the scenes to prepare for this "Arab Spring" for a long time.
http://poorrichards-blog.blogspot.com/2011/01/almost-invisible-hand-of-us-in-tunisias.html
Beginning in January 2011, western weapons find their way to Libyan ports and in the hands of the soon to be rebels. In February of 2011, a violent protest breaks out before the scheduled facebook event in which scores of security officials are injured, but no loss of life occurs. During this violent protest outside a police station, there is a completely unconfirmed rumor of police supposedly "firing gun shots". This claim is later reported to be fake, but is reported all over social media. Which is a prelude to the violence to follow, and the excuse for an armed rebellion.
NCLO takes credit for organizing "day of rage" in Libya on Feb 17, waving the pro-British monarchy flag. More fake reports of 'government violence' are reported, including the rumor by racist asshole Ali al Isawi that black African "mercenaries" were being hired to crush the "protests". There was absolutely no evidence of this whatsoever, but it did the trick. The western media reported it as fact and the rebels used this as an excuse to lynch blacks in many cities. The idiot Al Qaeda thugs even posted these lynchings on the internet. What boggles my mind is you human rights heroes can see these brutal videos online and yet you still parrot anti-Gaddafi bullshit day in and day out and say Gaddafi deserved his rape, torture and murder and that rebels are simply "undisciplined" but have their heart in the right place.
On the Proper Usage of Fleets
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