Eddie, the LAF wasn't set up for guerilla operations: they were always intended to be used as regular troops. What you're referring to was the Libyan Arab Force Commando, a much smaller unit, drawn from the LAF and set up by Popski.
We suspect that Popski's 5 "Arab Guides", attached to PPA when it was formed, were all men from the LAFC.
We haven't yet found any LAFC papers in TNA at Kew, but here are a few photos from Dr Faraj Najem's collection...
http://www.popski.org/history/ppa/re...ibyanarabforce
...including Lt Sa'ad Ali Rahouma's MC, as worn by his son Suleiman in the Tibesti Hotel.
Roy Paterson
Secretary
Friends of PPA
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Mon 4 March 2013: revised.
Apologies, Eddie, I've just rediscovered an article that I think you may have been originally referring to...
http://www.libya-watanona.com/libya/9aug40.htm
... "Five batalions were organized, designed for guerrilla warfare in al-Jabal al-Akhdar [green mountain] as soon as circumstances would permit. The Libyan Arab force [originally Sanussi force,] which was organized later as a regular army , took part in the Western Desert Camaign." [spelling as found]
I hadn't noticed that bit about guerilla warfare, so you were absolutely right. It's about time somebody actually wrote the history of the LAF, for a definitive reference!
Cheers and best wishes,
Roy