"A team of about 10 American officials working for the US embassy in Tripoli
recently visited a paramilitary base in Benghazi to interview potential recruits
for what has been described as ‘Libya special operations force’. Despite
the sensitivity of the matter as to the sovereignty of the country, local media
and the National Congress have not mentioned or debated the issue. Fathi
al-Obeidi, a commander of one of the armed groups in Benghazi and whose base was
visited by the American officials, has been reported telling Reuters that
"the American team asked us for a tour of our base and we granted them
permission to walk around freely.” "They stood with many of our men
taking down information. They asked them about their ages, backgrounds, their
tribal loyalties. They wanted to know what kind of training they had received,
if any," he added." (thanks Gabriela)