Large Libyan convoy arrives in Niger: sources

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AGADEZ (Reuters) - A large convoy of Libyan armored vehicles escorted by the Nigerian military arrived in the northern Niger desert town of Agadez late on Monday, a French military source and a Niger military source told Reuters.

The convoy contained between 200 and 250 Libyan military vehicles and included officers from Libya's southern army battalions, and likely crossed from Libya into Algeria before entering Niger, the sources said on condition of anonymity.

200 to 250 vehicles? Im surpised a convoy that large was able to move across Libya without being bombed by NATO. Wasnt it not too long ago when NATO said they were running out of targets?

It seems the convoy is heading to Burkina Faso.

The French military source said he had been told Muammar Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam might be considering joining the convoy en route to Burkina Faso, a landlocked West African state which has offered Gaddafi and his family asylum and has a border with Niger.

Who all else is fleeing the country? Some high ranking generals it seems.

The head of Muammar Gaddafi's security brigades, Mansour Dhao, along with more than 10 other Libyans, crossed into Niger on Sunday, two Niger officials said earlier on Monday.

The French military source said he had been told the commander of Libya's southern forces, General Ali Khana, may also be in Niger, not far from the Libyan border.

The Niger military source said many more Libyans, including pro-Gaddafi Tuareg fighters, had also crossed the border into Niger on Monday seeking refuge.

If Gaddafi is with the convoy and has left the country, whats next? Is that it? The war is nearly over? Or, is there something else cooking up?