Video – There’s a time and place for rebellion…

Libyan rebels attempt to rewrite the hydraulic breaker rule book.

The rebels that are slowly but inexorably regaining control of their native Libya know a thing or two about wars of attrition. They know a lot about guerrilla-style combat; and they have proved themselves pretty useful in the automatic weapons department.

But in their continued attack on the town of Sirte, birthplace and spiritual home of their almost-but-not-quite-deposed leader Colonel Gaddafi, Libyan rebels have displayed a stunning ignorance of the finer points of hydraulic breaker best practice. Overthrowing a despot after 40+ years is all well and good; but that doesn’t give you the right to rewrite the breaker rulebook!