British Mercenaries will Liberate Libya for Qatar and NATO

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“The British government has made clear it will not publicly participate in any training operation inside Libya, believing any ground-level intervention must be seen to done by Arab states.   However, it is believed that former British personnel could be used as trainers and “force multipliers”.  Former members of the Special Air Service, Special Boat Serve and other elite British regiments are frequently employed by private military companies and Middle Eastern regimes as “advisers” for their own armed forces.

For operations where the British Government is not officially involved, Special Forces personnel are often allowed to temporarily resign or take leave in order to fight for others.  In the 1970s, former members of the SAS fought for the Sultan of Oman with Britain’s tacit support. Many of the SAS soldiers were allowed to temporarily resign from the British Army for the Oman campaign, then returned to service afterwards.

Libya: Arab states urged to train and lead rebels

Britain will urge Arab states to train and lead Libya’s rebels, with former British military personnel in line to play a central role in the escalation of the international intervention.

 

The MoD is also ready to send further Tornados and other aircraft 'if they are needed' 

The MoD is also ready to send further Tornados and other aircraft ‘if they are needed’ Photo: PA

By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent

The plan would see international ground troops enter Libya in a fresh bid to tip the military balance against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Western leaders are increasingly worried that Libya is heading for a military stalemate because the rebels are too poorly organised to mount a serious challenge to Gaddafi’s forces.
There are concerns that without a significant change in the military balance, any ceasefire agreed between the dictator and his opponents would be favourable to the Tripoli regime.
It is understood that Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will be asked to put military trainers into Libya to transform the disparate rebels into a coherent fighting force. Both Gulf states have already backed international action in Libya.
The training operation could either see troops from the Gulf states’ armies working with the rebels inside Libya. Alternatively the Arab nations could pay for private military contractors to do the same work.
The escalation of the international military intervention is being considered as military commanders conclude that Western airstrikes alone will not be enough for the rebels to oust Gaddafi.
Western military chiefs are looking at the example of Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance, who in 2001 helped oust the Taliban, with support and leadership from CIA military teams and British Special Forces.
Another example the 1990s Balkan wars, when a US mercenary company trained and led the Croatian army to significant victories over Serbian forces in an intervention quietly backed by Washington.
The British government has made clear it will not publicly participate in any training operation inside Libya, believing any ground-level intervention must be seen to done by Arab states.
However, it is believed that former British personnel could be used as trainers and “force multipliers”.
Former members of the Special Air Service, Special Boat Serve and other elite British regiments are frequently employed by private military companies and Middle Eastern regimes as “advisers” for their own armed forces.
For operations where the British Government is not officially involved, Special Forces personnel are often allowed to temporarily resign or take leave in order to fight for others.
In the 1970s, former members of the SAS fought for the Sultan of Oman with Britain’s tacit support. Many of the SAS soldiers were allowed to temporarily resign from the British Army for the Oman campaign, then returned to service afterwards.
British officers estimate that it would take around a month to train the rebels to the point where they can mount a co-ordinated ground offensive against Gaddafi’s forces.
The Libyan rebellion is partly led by former Libyan Army officers, but there are estimated to be only around 1,000 rebels with any real military training.
British defence sources said the rebels’ lack of leadership and discipline has proved a major handicap.
“They’re not advancing, they’re just driving up the road and when they see guns drawn they turn round and go back again,” said source. “We have to get them to the point where they can start to function as a coherent force.”
Britain is already supplying the rebels with “non-lethal” communications equipment to help them co-ordinate their units.

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