"We've received reports today that he has taken to arming what he calls 'volunteers' to fight the opposition," Vice Adm. William Gortney, director of the Joint Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon.
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A Libyan holds the Libyan national flag, as a boy holding a T-12 gun sits on his shoulders, during a mass funeral held for people who were killed in the airstrikes by coalition forces at Al Hanshir cemetery on Thursday in Tripoli.
U.S. and coalition military operations against Libyan forces have been ongoing since the weekend, with airstrikes today hitting tanks and command-and-control capabilities, according to Gortney. There has been some "degradation" of the Libyan military's command-and-control capabilities, he said, though it continues to function.
"I find it interesting that he may now feel it necessary to seek civilian reinforcements," Gortney said.
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