French planes parachuting weapons to Libyan rebels
source: http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/french-planes-parachuting-weapons-to-liby...
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French planes dropped loads of small arms south of Tripoli in their continued assistance of rebel forces in their battles against pro-Qaddafi regime fighters. Despite three months of continued NATO strikes, the conflict appears to have stalled in and around the city of Bani Walid. On Wednesday, for the first time, France admitted having delivered weapons to the to rebels in the region of Djebel Nafoussa, widely seen as a desire to hasten the end of the conflict.
In a parallel move, the political arm of the rebellion, the National Transitional Council, just received the first US$100 million as part of a special fund supported by Libya's frozen assets, which will be used to pay salaries and purchase fuel among other necessities.
Finding himself on the defensive, President Barack Obama stated that the U.S. mission in Libya remained 'limited', and suggested that the congressional debate on the constitutionality of his decision to enter the conflict was motivated by political grandstanding.
http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/french-planes-parachuting-wea...
In a parallel move, the political arm of the rebellion, the National Transitional Council, just received the first US$100 million as part of a special fund supported by Libya's frozen assets, which will be used to pay salaries and purchase fuel among other necessities.
Finding himself on the defensive, President Barack Obama stated that the U.S. mission in Libya remained 'limited', and suggested that the congressional debate on the constitutionality of his decision to enter the conflict was motivated by political grandstanding.
http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/french-planes-parachuting-wea...
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More information surfaces as to the extent of France's involvement, in the military sense, in Libya's war to oust Qaddafi.
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