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| Libya: Barack Obama 'signed secret order allowing covert operations' |
| 2011-03-30 |
| Barack Obama signed a secret order authorising covert US government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, according to government officials. Mr Obama reportedly signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks, four US government sources told Reuters. Such findings are a principal form of presidential directive used to authorise secret operations by the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA and the White House declined immediate comment. The New York Times reported that the CIA has had clandestine operatives who have been gathering intelligence for air strikes and making contact with the rebels for several weeks. Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, declined to confirm or deny the report, citing "common practice" not to comment on intelligence matters. News that Mr Obama had given the authorisation surfaced as the President and other US and allied officials spoke openly about the possibility of sending arms supplies to Gaddafi's opponents, who are fighting better-equipped government forces. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 See also FREEREPUBLIC > US FEARS LIBYAN REBELS SET UP FOR DEFEAT WIDOUT GREATER WESTERN INTERVENTION. versus * TOPIX/PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > GADDAFI LOOKS TO WEST ["Friends" = Allies, other "Moderates"] FOR SOLUTIONS TO LIBYA CRISIS. Again, the US = US-NATO/EU + Muslim Allies may not be in any rush to get rid of Gaddafi due to fear of Radical Islam coming to dominate the post-Jasmine Middle East. They need Gaddafi to offset or hedge agz the LT covert Radical Islamist threat to ME democracy [political jihad]; + the Rebels to offset or hedge agz Gaddafi per se vee reforms. LIBYUH > Pragmatically, iff EGYPT is ultimately lost to Radical Islam, + the latter attempts to cut off in part or in whole Egyptian energy exports + Suez Canal access to the US-West, LIbya will be an alternate site for diverting Oil-Gas + other land-based exports to same. LOSS OF EGYPT + SUEZ CANAL ACCESS WILL FORCE DIRECT US-NATO, UNSC MIL INTERVENTION AGZ BOTH EGYPT + VERY LIKELY SOMALIA = EAST AFRICA [security of Red Sea, Arabian Gulf maritime links]. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > BETTER TO KNOW | REVELATIONS OF CIA ACTIONS IN COTE D'IVOIRE BY A FRENCH AGENT. Coversion + subversion + diversion for Ivory Coast Coffee + Cocoa = ???? [SWISS MISS, JUAN VALDEZ here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-30 22:05 |