Cidersomerset
18th January 2012, 22:47
I have just read this on the BBC website.......
I thought it odd how the government troops were out manouvered by a enthusiastic amatuer groups of determined rebels....The answer apart from bombs and missiles, which did keep their heads down, was the expertise in unconvetional warfare and covert comunications that got the rebels in the right place at the right time.....there were probably special units from other countries as well although not mentioned here... I know we suspected this at the time but the government denied it...
It started with the capture of 8 SAS troops in Bengazi...
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Whether this was a early hicup or a ploy to make Gaddafi think the mission had been a failure....
The official British responce...
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THE BBC STORY TODAY......
18 January 2012 Last updated at 12:56
Inside story of the UK's secret mission to beat Gaddafi
By Mark Urban Diplomatic and defence editor, Newsnight
British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground - and on the quiet - special forces soldiers were blending in with rebel fighters. This is the previously untold account of the crucial part they played.
The British campaign to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi's regime had its public face - with aircraft dropping bombs, or Royal Navy ships appearing in Libyan waters, but it also had a secret aspect.
My investigations into that covert effort reveal a story of practically minded people trying to get on with the job, while all the time facing political and legal constraints imposed from London.
In the end, though, British special forces were deployed on the ground in order to help the UK's allies - the Libyan revolutionaries often called the National Transitional Council or NTC. Those with a knowledge of the programme insist "they did a tremendous job" and contributed to the final collapse of the Gaddafi regime.
FULL ARTICLE....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16573516
MailOnline - Wednesday, Jan 18 2012 9PM
Are these men SAS helping Libyan rebels? News crew films Western troops liaising with gunmen
By Sam Greenhill
Last updated at 4:40 PM on 31st May 2011
An Arab television channel has broadcast pictures which it says show Western special forces on the ground in Libya.
Footage by the Al Jazeera television channel shows a group of six Western-looking men – described as ‘possibly British’ – talking to rebel fighters near the besieged port city of Misrata.
With their peaked caps, wraparound sunglasses and assault rifles, the group certainly appear different to the rag-tag rebel army battling Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392459/Are-SAS-Libya-News-crew-films-Western-troops-liaising-rebel-forces.html#ixzz1jqtqj5sx
THE TELEGRAPH......
Libya: SAS leads hunt for Gaddafi
British special forces are on the ground in Libya helping to spearhead the hunt for Col Muammar Gaddafi, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8721291/Libya-SAS-leads-hunt-for-Gaddafi.html
THE GUARDIAN....
SAS troopers help co-ordinate rebel attacks in Libya
The serving soldiers have joined British special forces and have been acting as forward air controllers and advising on tactics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/23/sas-troopers-help-coordinate-rebels
It basically shows operations can be going on in plain site even reported in the press...
Governments can do what they like without public support...
An old vid by RT ....
uP7FwAX_AQo
Its history now but shows how its achieived.....
For those not sure what was going on behind the scenes
may be of help......Steve
I thought it odd how the government troops were out manouvered by a enthusiastic amatuer groups of determined rebels....The answer apart from bombs and missiles, which did keep their heads down, was the expertise in unconvetional warfare and covert comunications that got the rebels in the right place at the right time.....there were probably special units from other countries as well although not mentioned here... I know we suspected this at the time but the government denied it...
It started with the capture of 8 SAS troops in Bengazi...
ijQzXmWOCUo
Whether this was a early hicup or a ploy to make Gaddafi think the mission had been a failure....
The official British responce...
kJFWVoWIumM
THE BBC STORY TODAY......
18 January 2012 Last updated at 12:56
Inside story of the UK's secret mission to beat Gaddafi
By Mark Urban Diplomatic and defence editor, Newsnight
British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground - and on the quiet - special forces soldiers were blending in with rebel fighters. This is the previously untold account of the crucial part they played.
The British campaign to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi's regime had its public face - with aircraft dropping bombs, or Royal Navy ships appearing in Libyan waters, but it also had a secret aspect.
My investigations into that covert effort reveal a story of practically minded people trying to get on with the job, while all the time facing political and legal constraints imposed from London.
In the end, though, British special forces were deployed on the ground in order to help the UK's allies - the Libyan revolutionaries often called the National Transitional Council or NTC. Those with a knowledge of the programme insist "they did a tremendous job" and contributed to the final collapse of the Gaddafi regime.
FULL ARTICLE....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16573516
MailOnline - Wednesday, Jan 18 2012 9PM
Are these men SAS helping Libyan rebels? News crew films Western troops liaising with gunmen
By Sam Greenhill
Last updated at 4:40 PM on 31st May 2011
An Arab television channel has broadcast pictures which it says show Western special forces on the ground in Libya.
Footage by the Al Jazeera television channel shows a group of six Western-looking men – described as ‘possibly British’ – talking to rebel fighters near the besieged port city of Misrata.
With their peaked caps, wraparound sunglasses and assault rifles, the group certainly appear different to the rag-tag rebel army battling Colonel Gaddafi’s forces.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392459/Are-SAS-Libya-News-crew-films-Western-troops-liaising-rebel-forces.html#ixzz1jqtqj5sx
THE TELEGRAPH......
Libya: SAS leads hunt for Gaddafi
British special forces are on the ground in Libya helping to spearhead the hunt for Col Muammar Gaddafi, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8721291/Libya-SAS-leads-hunt-for-Gaddafi.html
THE GUARDIAN....
SAS troopers help co-ordinate rebel attacks in Libya
The serving soldiers have joined British special forces and have been acting as forward air controllers and advising on tactics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/23/sas-troopers-help-coordinate-rebels
It basically shows operations can be going on in plain site even reported in the press...
Governments can do what they like without public support...
An old vid by RT ....
uP7FwAX_AQo
Its history now but shows how its achieived.....
For those not sure what was going on behind the scenes
may be of help......Steve