Please click on this post's title to go to CJ Chivers' superb New York Times article: Libyan Rebels Don’t Really Add Up to an Army
In it, he offers an inside look at what actually constitutes the rebel forces whom we are aiding. I have provided a teaser of his opening paragraphs below. CJ Chivers ( @CJChivers ) is another argument for why you should be on TWITTER. As I have said before, Twitter doesn't have to be a childish-let-me-tell-you-what-I-just-ate thing. Instead, it is a way for you to get near-real time updates on crises and news stories across the globe. In Chivers' case, he is on the ground in Libya and when you follow him on Twitter, you get a 'stream' of his updates BEFORE they hit the mainstream news. This is the case with many other hotspots. You build own stream of information as you see fit. It's awesome.
Speaking of awesome, also check out Chivers blog: http://cjchivers.com/ He's got some beautiful close-up pictures of the rebels' "Toyota Tanks." While you are there you may as well go throw his Pulitizer Prize winning book on your Amazon wish-list: The Gun.
(DISCLOSURE: I don't know Chivers personally so my adulation is sincere)
BENGHAZI, Libya — Late Monday afternoon, as Libyan rebels prepared another desperate attack on the eastern oil town of Brega, a young rebel raised his rocket-propelled grenade as if to fire. The town’s university, shimmering in the distance, was far beyond his weapon’s maximum range. An older rebel urged him to hold fire, telling him the weapon’s back-blast could do little more than reveal their position and draw a mortar attack.
In it, he offers an inside look at what actually constitutes the rebel forces whom we are aiding. I have provided a teaser of his opening paragraphs below. CJ Chivers ( @CJChivers ) is another argument for why you should be on TWITTER. As I have said before, Twitter doesn't have to be a childish-let-me-tell-you-what-I-just-ate thing. Instead, it is a way for you to get near-real time updates on crises and news stories across the globe. In Chivers' case, he is on the ground in Libya and when you follow him on Twitter, you get a 'stream' of his updates BEFORE they hit the mainstream news. This is the case with many other hotspots. You build own stream of information as you see fit. It's awesome.
Speaking of awesome, also check out Chivers blog: http://cjchivers.com/ He's got some beautiful close-up pictures of the rebels' "Toyota Tanks." While you are there you may as well go throw his Pulitizer Prize winning book on your Amazon wish-list: The Gun.
(DISCLOSURE: I don't know Chivers personally so my adulation is sincere)
BENGHAZI, Libya — Late Monday afternoon, as Libyan rebels prepared another desperate attack on the eastern oil town of Brega, a young rebel raised his rocket-propelled grenade as if to fire. The town’s university, shimmering in the distance, was far beyond his weapon’s maximum range. An older rebel urged him to hold fire, telling him the weapon’s back-blast could do little more than reveal their position and draw a mortar attack.
The younger rebel almost spat with disgust. “I have been fighting for 37 days!” he shouted. “Nobody can tell me what to do!”
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