Reply #102: Europe, US moving to help cash-needy Libya rebels

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Source: Agence France Presse


Europe, US moving to help cash-needy Libya rebels


(AFP) – 51 minutes ago


BENGHAZI, Libya — Europe and the United States are moving to help Libya's rebels after talks convinced them the insurgency is a bona fide democratic movement, sources involved in the talks said on Thursday.

But that aid is "non-lethal" -- meaning no weapons were being provided -- and within the limits of UN Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions on Libya and allowing international military action to protect civilians, they said.

The Western allies were setting up a communications system between the rebel military and NATO's base organising air strikes.

They were also examining ways to help the Libyan opposition overcome a liquidity crunch and providing "big behind-the-scenes political assistance," the sources said on condition they not be identified.


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