Rebels’ Assault on Tripoli Began With Careful Work Inside ►http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/world/africa/23reconstruct.html?nl=afternoonupdate&emc=aua2
The rebels had been resupplied with weapons from Qatari special forces and given satellite photographs by their British and French military advisers. To boost morale, the United States passed along snippets of intercepted telephone conversations in which Libyan commanders were complaining about desperate shortages of food, water and ammunition.