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  • US Official: Obama Invites Libyan Rebels To DC

    05/24/2011 4:01:36 AM PDT · by edpc · 109 replies
    AP via Yahoo News ^ | 24 May 2011 | AP
    BENGHAZI, Libya – The top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East says President Barack Obama has invited the Libyan rebels' National Transitional Council to open an office in Washington D.C., but he stopped short of formal recognition. Tuesday's statement by Jeffrey Feltman comes hours after NATO launched its most intense bombardment yet against Moammar Gadhafi's stronghold of Tripoli.
  • Libya: (Al-Qaeda supported) Rebels 'to open office in US' - Jeffrey Feltman

    05/24/2011 4:03:05 AM PDT · by tobyhill · 3 replies
    bbc ^ | 5/24/2011 | staff
    US Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman has said Libya's rebels have accepted an invitation to open a representative office in Washington. Mr Feltman is the most senior US diplomat to visit the rebels in their de facto capital Benghazi. The US has insisted that Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi step down, but has not given the rebels full recognition. The visit came as Nato planes launched a series of air attacks on Libya's capital, Tripoli, the heaviest so far. Libyan officials say three people were killed and dozens injured in an attack on the barracks of the popular guard....