- eight Libyan Generals defected to Italy today, according to the Italian Foreign Ministry
- 100+ Libyan soldiers accompanied their generals, who met with Italian intelligence agents in Tunisia source
- » This comes the same day that South African President Jacob Zuma is meeting with Gaddafi to try and negotiate a cease-fire between him and rebels. Will these defections spur a change of heart in Gaddafi, convincing him to finally relinquish power and allow his crumbling regime to die? Probably not, but we’ll keep our fingers crossed just in case.