Reply #8: Iyad El-Baghdadi - brief report of the strategic situation ... On the political front

[Catherina]

iyad_elbaghdadi Iyad El-Baghdadi
Going to the political front now, I'm sure you heard about the three planes having left #Libya on "diplomatic missions" today...
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At least one of them arrived in Cairo for talks with the army there. Nature of talks unclear, but talk about poor timing... #Libya
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#Gaddafi's envoy arrived just a couple days after Sharaf, the "revolutions candidate" took over as prime minster of #Egypt. #Libya

Also, #Gaddafi's envoy seems to have arrived in Cairo unannounced. In any case, he's unlikely to find a sympathetic audience there. #Libya

Some speculate that these visits have to do with a possible compromise or even an offer by #Gaddafi to step down, but I doubt it. #Liby

More likely, I think #Gaddafi is running low on ammo & supplies and he's trying to secure them from outside. #Libya

Today's attacks on oil port installation/reservoirs smack of extreme desperation. He wanted to take them, now he's bombing them. #Libya

As you know, you only bomb assets if you have no hope of capturing them. I think #Gaddafi's giving up on retaking Ras Lanuf. #Libya
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I'll continue when he does, after catching up with other tweets