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American involvement in the 2011 Libyan Civil War

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published an article titled "U.S. Drone Involved in Final Qaddafi Strike, as Obama Heralds Regime's 'End'", noting that a U.S. Predator drone was involved in the airstrike on Gaddafi's convoy in the moments before his death. An anonymous US official subsequently described their policy in hindsight as
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On 9 June, Clinton said, "The United States views the Transitional National Council as the legitimate interlocutor for the Libyan people during this interim period," but Washington and Benghazi indicated that the U.S. still had not committed to the same level of formal recognition as France and
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was used (including arms shipments to opposition). The plan following Gaddafi's death was to immediately begin flowing humanitarian assistance to eastern Libya and later western Libya, as the symbolism would be critically important. US sources stressed it as important that they would "not allow
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On 15 July, at an international conference on Libya held in Turkey, Clinton stated that the US had decided to formally recognise the NTC as the country's "legitimate authority", allowing the US to divert over $ 30 billion worth of Gaddafi regime funds frozen in the US to the
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affirmed U.S support for a no-fly zone, as well as more aggressive measures to restrain Gaddhafi, that the U.S is investigating transferring Gaddafi's frozen assets to the rebels, and that the NTC may open an embassy in
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said the U.S. was continuing to consider formal recognition of the council, but in the meantime, it is providing strong informal support, including reportedly authorizing international oil deals with rebel-held eastern
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said his government recognized the National Transitional Council as "a legitimate and credible interlocutor of the Libyan people" after meeting with Prime Minister
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Libyan rebels had consistently told American government officials that they did not want overt foreign military assistance in toppling Gaddafi. Instead,
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and the U.S have decided to talk to the council without officially recognising them, in order to seek further information on the group and its goals.
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met anti-Gaddafi opposition leaders during a trip to Egypt and Tunisia. After the meeting between Clinton and representatives of the council, the
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On 29 March, the U.S. confirmed at a conference in London that it will send a formal representative to Benghazi. In late April, Ambassador
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said that the U.S. had not yet decided to fully recognize the council as Libya's sole legitimate representative body.
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initially consisted of diplomatic initiatives and sanctions. This was followed by the implementation of the
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In June 2011, bombers thought to be from France killed nine civilians in Libya, including two toddlers.
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Libya did not develop a central government after the military involvement.
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On 24 May, the NTC opened a formal diplomatic office in
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Moments after it was reported that Gaddafi was killed,
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lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
American
Libyan Civil War
UN-mandated no-fly zone
United States Air Force
B-2s
B-1Bs
covert military assistance
Turkey
Italy
Death of Muammar Gaddafi
Fox News
National Transitional Council
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
European Union
Under Secretary of State
William J. Burns
Washington
Gene Cretz
Tom Donilon
Mahmoud Jebril
White House
Jay Carney
Washington, D.C.
"Bombers Over Libya"
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