Here's a big reason why the uprising in Libya has faced such brutal resistance.
The Swedish newspaper Expressen (ht: @makro_trader) reports that Qaddafi's private mercenary army is 120,000-strong, making it far larger than the official Libyan army, which only totals about 50K.
And because the mercenaries have no allegiance to the Libyans -- they're mercenaries after all -- they're willing to engage in brutality.
The mercenaries in Libya wear yellow hats. Here's a video of them chasing and beating Libyans.
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