Libya

[guido911]

Well apparently there are now boots on the ground. The problem as reported is that they belong to the Sudanese army.

Officials overseeing the no-fly zone enforced by Nato over Libya said the Sudanese move north of border had not encountered resistance from troops loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.

Since the February uprising against his regime, the Libyan leader's forces have been concentrated around Tripoli, the capital; Sirte, the eastern town that is Col Gaddafi's birthplace and Sebha, the desert outpost where the dictator grew up.

Officials said control of the town of Kufra and nearby military base granted the Sudanese a key strategic foothold between the regime and the opposition Transitional National Council (TNC) which holds the eastern seaboard and a series of rebel enclaves.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8611199/Sudanese-army-seizes-southern-Libyan-town.html

[nathanm]

That's an interesting thought. Might they actually be the Sudanese mercenaries that Qadaffi has been known to be employing? (or were those guys from Chad?)

[guido911]

That's an interesting thought. Might they actually be the Sudanese mercenaries that Qadaffi has been known to be employing? (or were those guys from Chad?)

There were Sudanese mercenaries fighting back in May. Could be the same folks?

BENGHAZI, Libya –  Libyan rebels clashed Wednesday with Sudanese mercenaries fighting for Muammar al-Qaddafi near the border with Sudan, as President Barack Obama predicted the Libyan leader would be forced to step down if NATO keeps up its military campaign with the U.S. playing a key role.

Speaking at a news conference in London, Obama said the U.S.-led NATO coalition was engaged in "a slow, steady process in which we're able to wear down the regime forces."

"There will not be a let up in the pressure we are applying" on Qaddafi, Obama said. "I believe that we have built enough momentum that as long as we sustain the course we're on, he will step down."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/05/25/libyan-rebels-fight-sudanese-mercenaries-border/#ixzz1Qzt8N7NM

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/05/25/libyan-rebels-fight-sudanese-mercenaries-border/

I didn't know about that.