ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Strategy Page
25March2011 9:00amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Qaddafis ground forces have quickly learned that safety from air attack comes in the form of human shields, or just getting into a residential area and some place to hide from the warplanes. But the U.S. sensors are numerous and effective. That, plus the smart bombs, keep the Qaddafi forces vulnerable.
The most effective defense is human shields, in the form of any local civilians that can be rounded up. Qaddafi's three most effective brigades are holding together under all this attack, but are shrinking each day from the casualties. Qaddafi troops have, in effect, lost the use of their armored vehicles and artillery. But they can still move safely in the open if they drive civilian vehicles, not in large convoys, and do not communicate on any radio device. (read full report)
