| Libya warned Britain on April 20 that it would be futile to send military advisers to Benghazi with the alleged interest of helping the armed rebellion to become organized, describing it as "an impossible mission," Prensa Latina reports. Deputy Foreign Minister Khled Kaim said the decision announced by Britain exceeded the mandate granted by the UN Security Council Resolution, already criticized by Libya, which imposed a no-fly zone but excluded a land occupation. "This is an impossible mission. Organize who? They [the so-called rebels] are different groups; there is no leader; they are not well-organized, and I am sure it will be a failure," Kaim said in a conference press broadcast by state-run Al Jamahiriya television. According to British Foreign Minister William Hague, his country will send up to 20 military advisers to Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city, which has become the capital of the opposition which has been fighting against the government of Muammar Gadhafi since February 15. The British military advisers will join a group of British diplomats who are already conspiring with the Transitional National Council there, advising them on how to improve their military organization and communications. |