taking out government sniper positions and making other advances. in so many other places, the rebels seem completely overwhelmed. they used machine guns made decades ago for the soviet army. this is a weapon nicely decorated but weak to military force. their weapons are missing parts, breaking down. they run out of ammo constantly. they often take guns that are supposed to be mounted on tanks or helicopters and throw them on pickup trucks. the rebels battling moammar gadhafi's forces are outgunned on every front. the rebels who do have relatively updated arms often seem to have no clue how to use them. >> this individual is holding a surface-to-air missile but pointing it the wrong way. >> if and when he chose to fire it at that particular moment he would have taken out his