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In Libya's West, Signs of Growing Frustration With NATO

In western Libya, a deep and sometimes agonized frustration at the pace and target selection of air support from NATO is growing among members of the Transitional National Council and residents who live in harm's way.

Reporter's Notebook: Reading the Rebels in Western Libya, Part II

The capture of Qawalish has provided some insight into the leadership, logistics and battlefield conduct of some western rebels, and some of what has emerged is grim.

Reporter's Notebook: Reading the Rebels in Western Libya, Part 1

Rebel fighters in Qawalish share a sense of common purpose: the belief that their uprising represents a long-awaited chance to topple an ossified, brutal and corrupt regime. But also like that of rebels in the east, their performance on the battlefield is uneven, often unnerving, and at times at odds with the interests of their cause.

Following Up, Part III. Down the Rabbit Hole: Qaddafi's Cluster Munitions and the Age of Internet Claims

C.J. Chivers examines Internet claims on the use of cluster munitions in Libya.

Following Up, Part 1: Battlefield Refuse, Social Media and Qaddafi's Cluster Bombs

Social media is transforming war reporting. In this case, a war reporter was able to corral experts for help identifying a spent munition in Libya.

Military Small Arms & Libya: Security Puzzles, and Profiteers

Beneath the rebels' public-relations effort, the war in Libya is, like any other, attended by all sorts of human behaviors, many of them self-serving and removed from the revolutionaries' ideals.

In a Libyan Greenhouse, Hints of Those Who Shelled Misurata

In a greenhouse near the Misurata airport, forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi left behind signs of both how they survived and how they fought during their weeks working against the city that expelled them.