Thursday, May 5, 2011

Libya War News Updates -- May 5, 2011



U.S. Announces Plans To 'Tap' $30bn Fortune Seized From Gaddafi To Fund Libyan Rebel Fighters -- The Daily Mail

The United States is preparing to 'tap' the $30billion fortune it seized from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi - to fund the rebels bidding to depose him.

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton made the startling revelation as 22 nations and international organisations met in Rome to thrash out a way of helping the ill-armed Libyan insurgents.

They say they need up to £3billion (£1.8 billion) in the coming months for military salaries, food, medicine and other basic supplies.

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More News On Libya's Civil War

Anti-Gaddafi allies offer rebels cash lifeline
-- Yahoo News/Reuters
International group agrees fund for Libya rebels -- Yahoo News/AFP
Libyan rebels to receive £1.8 billion trust fund -- The Telegraph
Libyan Rebels Offered Cash Lifeline In Rome -- Radio Free Europe
Nations talk funding for Libya rebels -- UPI
Libya Rebels Get Cash Injection From Contact Group -- Voice of America
U.S. Seeks to Aid Libyan Rebels With Seized Assets -- New York Times
Hillary Clinton: US to use Qaddafi's frozen assets against him -- Christian Science Monitor

Bombing of Gadhafi won't let up, Clinton warns -- CNN
NATO chief: U.S. operation against bin Laden justified -- Reuters
NATO chief: Gaddafi's forces have been weakened -- Reuters

Migrants killed as Gaddafi forces fire on port -- Sydney Morning Herald
Libya: aid ship cuts short mission in Misurata after coming under fire -- The Telegraph
Aid ship dodges shells to evacuate civilians from Libya’s besieged Misurata -- Washington Post
Libya: Aid ship comes under fire in Misrata -- BBC
Men search shattered Libyan city for unburied dead -- AP
In Libya, An Eerie Quiet On The Eastern Front -- NPR
Optimism Turns To Fear In Libya's Rebel Stronghold -- NPR
Libyan conflict enters psychological stage -- The Guardian
Radio Free Libya transmits live from Misurata -- Al Jazeera

Gadhafi Stages Event to Show Libyan Tribal Unity -- Wall Street Journal
Libyan regime: Tribal meeting is sign of support -- AP

US sanctions Libya state broadcaster -- AFP
Treasury Sanctions Libyan State Broadcaster -- Wall Street Journal
U.S. sanctions 3 firms owned by Libyan government -- Reuters

Libyan refugees find doors wide open in Tunisia -- Reuters
686,000 Libya refugees flee to Egypt, Tunisia -- Christian Science Monitor
Exodus of Libyans to Tunisia resumes -- CNN

Libya rebels red-faced after diplomatic gaffe -- Herald Sun/AFP
Where does NATO's "boundary" lie? -- Xinhuanet

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