U.S. recognizes rebels as legitimate government of Libya

haaretz ^ | 7/15/11 | Reuters

[Nachum]

Recognition by U.S. and other Western nations could unlock billions of dollars in frozen Libyan funds

Rebel leaders won recognition as the legitimate government of Libya from the United States and other world powers on Friday in a major boost to the rebels' faltering campaign to oust Muammer Gadhafi.

Western nations said they also planned to increase the military pressure on Gadhafi's forces to press him to give up power after 41 years at the head of the North African state.

Recognition of the rebels, announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a meeting in Turkey of the international contact group on Libya, is an important diplomatic step which could unlock billions of dollars in frozen Libyan funds.

[livius]

However, we are supposed to have checks and balances in our govt to stop usama and the evil witch from aiding and abetting.

They simply ignore them. And nobody - well, not the press, and not the GOP - ever says anything about it. Who knew installing a dictatorship would be this easy?

[La Enchiladita]

Sorry, but it gets worse:

Four senators welcome administration’s recognition of Libyan rebels

[Munz]

Considering that the “rebels” have been identified as Al-qaeda operatives .. this does not surprise me at all.

What does surprise me is that even Drudge isn’t covering the connections.

[DTA]

Picture for framing on MB walls in Benghazi