Elite troops and MI6 spies poised to help Libyan rebels --600 Black Watch soldiers on 24-hour standby to fly in 05 Mar 2011 Britain is to send teams of spies and diplomats into Libya to help oust Colonel Gaddafi, it emerged last night. MI6 operatives backed by the SAS are to land in the east around the key rebel stronghold of Benghazi 'within days'. In addition, 600 soldiers of the Black Watch are on 24-hour standby to fly in and avert foment a humanitarian catastrophe as Libya erupted into a new wave of bloodshed.