Le régime de Kadhafi serait sur le point d'épuiser ses réserves... Comme on lui coupe les vivres, on espère une hausse dans le nombre de défections des proches du régime.
"The clearest sign that the squeeze is working was the defection Wednesday of Musa Kusa, Libya's foreign minister and longtime intelligence chief for Gaddafi. He fled to Britain, after what an intelligence source said was a ruse in which Kusa claimed to be heading to Tunisia to make a secret sale of refined oil products. The cover story illustrates Gaddafi's desperate need for funds.
U.S. officials say many others in the Gaddafi entourage have been in recent contact with the U.S. or its allies. These include the current intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, who helped safeguard the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli in February, and other Cabinet ministers. The U.S. has also had indirect contact with members of Gaddafi's family, who are said to be unhappy with events and looking for a way out.
With Kusa's flight, the trickle of defections may turn into a flood. Ali Abdussalm Treki, a former foreign minister, fled to Egypt Thursday. One other key cabinet official was said to be negotiating the details of his departure. "I belong to you now, tell me what to do," this cabinet member is said to have told an intermediary.
The CIA is sending covert teams into Libya to help undermine Gaddafi further. At present there are only several dozen operatives, including full-time case officers from the Special Activities Division, which manages covert actions, supplemented by former officers, known internally as "cadres," who are on direct contract to the agency. Their tasks include providing clandestine communications links for the Libyan opposition, contacting and assessing the rebels, and providing money and other assistance to Libyans to break with Gaddafi."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/04/03/liquidating_gaddafi_109432.html
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