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Barry, it is not a case of being pro the Colonel, but of analysing many different reports coming through, some of which are from American security services, such as the SAM missiles gone missing, which is creating much concern among security chiefs, as too are the reports that extremist groups might have access to these missiles.
Another source of information regards the lack of clean drinking water in Sirte, and people, including children, becoming ill because of it, and the lack of food in the same besieged city, is from UN officials.
Other sources of information are from people fleeing Sirte, who also say that civilians have been killed in missile attacks and the shelling.
The constant atacks of the rebels from all sides make it impossible for them to flee during the battles, so they can only leave when there is a lull in the fighting.
Another source is a Ukranin nurse in Sirte, who says that medicines are there, but not enough staff to treat the afflicted, because of the siege and the battles, and that there is lack of clean water for the ill people. There is also mention of no electricity.
At this note, it would seem to me that the TNC who are besieging Sirte have turned the fresh water and electricity supplies off. Is this not a crime against humanity???
Other sources are those reported by Sky and BBC, and also the Jamahiriya news, and many independent sources.
An all-round analysis on my part.
Some reports, from different sources, state conflicting details, but seem to indicate that something is happening that the media doesn't report.
For examle, the Jamahiriya news states that in Tripoli, the rebels are being shot at, and many kidnapped, by people fed up with them and by the pro-Colonel resistance.
However, another report suggests that different rebel factions are kidnapping each-others members, or shooting at each other.
Other sources state that the TNC has repeatedly asked rebels from many different areas of Libya to now leave Tripoli. They must be referring to factions that are not in the official NTC army but who are organised in independent groups.
So, all in all, there is quite something going on, and it looks like a tinder-box.