Richard Norton-Taylor, security editor for The Guardian, reports that ex-special forces from the U.K. have been hired by private security companies to help NATO identify targets for their airstrikes. Special forces veterans are in Misurata helping France, the U.K, and other NATO countries by tracking Gadhafi’s forces on the ground.
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