As the fighting in and around key towns in Libya continues, it is also believed that Col Gaddafi's loyalists are still recruiting more foreign fighters or mercenaries from outside Libya, from countries such as Chad, Mali and Niger, and using them mainly to control urban areas.
All this seems to indicate that while the coalition's strikes may have successfully removed many of the larger weapons in the pro-Gaddafi forces' armoury,
authentic jersey, much of their command and control and the majority of air defences, the hope that Col Gaddafi's regime would crumble rapidly from within has not been fulfilled.
Much depends on the rebels themselves, but they have so far shown little sign of becoming more organised. They, too, are starting to run low on ammunition, prompting fierce debate in Washington, London and elsewhere over the possibility of arming them.
Their supply chain - where and if it exists - is much shorter, and they are only lightly armed, but most lack any training, so that giving them weapons of any sophistication would run into immediate difficulties.
It's acknowledged that in military terms,
youth nfl jersey, they are no match for Col Gaddafi's forces at a very basic level. And as they are pushed back from some of their earlier gains over the weekend, morale amongst many will be getting shakier.
Although some within the opposition are defectors from the regular forces,
NFL Super Bowl XLV 2011, most are armed civilians with little experience of the battlefield - and they appear to have little discipline or leadership, or the ability to co-ordinate their movements and aims.
Rebel problems
Threaded Mode