Obama Administration Announces $25 Million in Aid to Libyan Rebels

[KoKo]

Obama Administration Announces $25 Million in Aid to Libyan Rebels

The Obama administration has announced plans to send $25 million in aid to the Libyan rebels as part of a broadening international effort to help the fighters in their campaign against Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the money would be provided for so-called "non-lethal aid."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: “Now, some of the items are medical supplies, uniforms, boots, tents, personal protective gear, radios, Halal meals. There are no new purchases. This is not a blank check. But this action is consistent with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which among other actions authorized member states to take all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas.”

United Nations Urges Caution in Libya Mission

While the Unite States and its European allies are increasing their roles in the Libyan conflict, the United Nations is warning against blurring the lines between military operations and relief work in the country. Italy has announced it will join France and Britain in sending military liaison officers to advise and train Libyan opposition forces. Meanwhile, the Libyan city of Misurata remains under siege. This is U.N. Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos.

MORE AT:
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/21/headlines#1

[MichiganVote]

1. Gee, wish our K-12 kids were Libyan rebels.

[LeftofObama]

2. Perhaps the sick, poor, and hungry should label themselves

as Libyan rebels as well.

[MichiganVote]

4. Or Iraqi's. Or Afghans. Or Haitians. Or Asian.....and so on.

[KoKo]

6. I wonder sometimes if We are Them even care about "sick, poor and hungry"

You'd have to be a very "Ordinary Person" to understand.

These folks doing these BOMBINGS are the ELITE of MILITARY/INDUSTRIAL/POLITICAL/PRESS RULERS....of American...OUR COUNTRY.

What does that say about the "rest of us?" :shrug:

[Wilms]

3. Which rebels? n/t

[KoKo]

5. Good Point...Who ARE the Rebels...and WHO are they aligned with?

We don't seem to know why we are in a NEW WAR...when we can't even identify who we are fighting for?

:shrug:

If you know more than I do about this...Then POST YOUR INFO with LINKS!

[Wilms]

7. From the NYT yesterday...

snip

The first question the British will face is “Whose army?”

For they will find themselves advising a ragtag rebel force that cannot even agree on who its top officer is, amid squabbling between two generals who both come with unsavory baggage.

The dysfunction was on full display here this week. “I control everybody, the rebels and the regular army forces,” one of the two, Gen. Khalifa Hifter, said in an interview on Monday. “I am the field commander, and Gen. Abdul Fattah Younes is chief of staff. His job is to support us in the field, and my job is to lead the fighting.”

The rebels’ civilian leadership, the Transitional National Council, has insisted, however, that General Younes remains in charge of the military. “This is not true,” an official close to the council said Tuesday when told of General Hifter’s claims. “General Younes is over him, this is for sure, and General Hifter is under him.”

snip

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/world/africa/20benghazi.html

[KoKo]

8. Welll that NYT's article is certainly "concerning."

:-( Thanks for that link!

[KoKo]

9. .....

[classysassy]

10. Where have all the Christians gone?

If we are a Christian nation as some of the conservatives say we are,when are we going to start acting like Christians?