Libyan rebels set for White House talks

Two explosions took place early this morning in Tripoli. NATO air strikes and fuel shortages have increased pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

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Friday, 13.05.2011.

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Two explosions took place early this morning in Tripoli. NATO air strikes and fuel shortages have increased pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. It is still unknown what the targets of today’s attacks were. Libyan rebels set for White House talks In the meantime, the Libyan rebels have received a great political support from abroad, bearing in mind that Great Britain has promised to provide police equipment. Representatives of Libya's Transitional National Council will visit the White House on Friday. The Libyan rebel representatives will sit down with President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, VOA has reported. Dr. Mahmoud Jibril is heading the delegation from the Libyan Transitional National Council. There was no indication that the president plans to join the meeting, though Press Secretary Jay Carney hedged a bit on this, saying he did not know whether others may or may not be part of the meeting. Carney said the U.S. saw the council as a "credible and legitimate interlocutor" for the Libyan people and opposition to the Libyan leader, but added that Washington believed it was too early for any formal U.S. recognition of the council. Libyan rebels formed the Transitional National Council in late February in Benghazi and eastern towns that had been taken over from the Gaddafi forces. A transitional government, which was formed in March, has so far been officially recognized by France, Qatar, Maldives, Italy, Kuwait and Gambia. Several other countries have established unofficial relations with the Libyan transitional government. (Beta, file)

Libyan rebels set for White House talks

In the meantime, the Libyan rebels have received a great political support from abroad, bearing in mind that Great Britain has promised to provide police equipment.

Representatives of Libya's Transitional National Council will visit the White House on Friday. The Libyan rebel representatives will sit down with President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, VOA has reported.

Dr. Mahmoud Jibril is heading the delegation from the Libyan Transitional National Council.

There was no indication that the president plans to join the meeting, though Press Secretary Jay Carney hedged a bit on this, saying he did not know whether others may or may not be part of the meeting.

Carney said the U.S. saw the council as a "credible and legitimate interlocutor" for the Libyan people and opposition to the Libyan leader, but added that Washington believed it was too early for any formal U.S. recognition of the council.

Libyan rebels formed the Transitional National Council in late February in Benghazi and eastern towns that had been taken over from the Gaddafi forces. A transitional government, which was formed in March, has so far been officially recognized by France, Qatar, Maldives, Italy, Kuwait and Gambia. Several other countries have established unofficial relations with the Libyan transitional government.

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