http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/30/western-troops-on-ground-libya
The defection of his generals and the spotting of 'western' military personnel are, taken together, a little encouraging.
With the generals defecting, it appears that whatever was keeping them loyal to this point has gone away. Perhaps the regime is running out of money to buy loyalty. It may be that they can no longer "reach" some of the troops with threats of violence and they just wanted to go home anyway. The fact that the Italians set up the press conference is a good sign as well. They have not written this conflict off and are at least taking some ownership of the situation.
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