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Obama tells MSM Mooslim rebels could be supplied with weapons
Telegraphing from The Telegraph |
Barack Obama said that the US was looking at all its slippery slope options at this point but stressed the shared cockup international nature of the measures against Libya, such as the enforced but thusfar ineffective no-fly zone.
Speaking at the Foreign Office in Britain, presidential hopeful - so bad she can taste it Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, suggested it would be legal to arm, train, advise the rebels.
"It is our interpretation that [UN Security Council resolution] 1973 amended or overrode the absolute prohibition which the US originally initiated on arms to anyone in Libya, so that there could be a legitimate transfer of arms if the US a country should choose to do that," she said.
William Hague, the foreign secretary, also refused to rule out the possibility of oil for arms arming rebels.
When asked about the decision he said only: "It was not on the agenda for discussion. It is not part of any agreement today but most certainly will be tomorrow or the next."
Posted by: Besoeker 2011-03-30 |
