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*'''31 March.''' [[Reuters]] reports "President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi...Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks"<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref>
*'''31 March.''' [[Reuters]] reports "President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi...Obama signed the order, known as a presidential "finding", within the last two or three weeks"<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref>
:*Another ''Reuters'' article notes Obama had CIA personal on the ground ''before'' signing the finding, and the Adm. Mike Mullen figured there were only about 1,000 rebels in number.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-rebels-idUSTRE72U7NM20110331</ref>
*Another ''Reuters'' article notes Obama had CIA personal on the ground ''before'' signing the finding, and the Adm. Mike Mullen figured there were only about 1,000 rebels in number.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-rebels-idUSTRE72U7NM20110331</ref>
:*''[[NYT]]: C.I.A. Agents in Libya Aid Airstrikes and Meet Rebels.<ref>https://archive.is/GDICo#selection-303.0-303.53</ref>
::*"US officials have acknowledged that the CIA has sent small teams of operatives into Libya and helped rescue a crew member of a US fighter jet that crashed. The CIA’s precise role in Libya is not clear. Intelligence experts said the CIA would have sent officials to make contact with the opposition and assess the strength and needs of the rebel forces in the event Barack Obama, the US president, decided to arm them."
*'''March and April.''' According to the US State Dept., the [[Islamic State of Iraq]] claimed responsibility for 23 attacks south of [[Baghdad]], all allegedly carried out under [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]]'s<ref>http://themoroccantimes.com/2014/07/6414/nsa-documents-reveal-isis-leaderabu-bakr-al-baghdadi-trained-israeli-mossad</ref> command.<ref>https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/266629.htm</ref><!--No other source in English has been found yet to corroborate the State Dept. assertion.-->
*'''March and April.''' According to the US State Dept., the [[Islamic State of Iraq]] claimed responsibility for 23 attacks south of [[Baghdad]], all allegedly carried out under [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]]'s<ref>http://themoroccantimes.com/2014/07/6414/nsa-documents-reveal-isis-leaderabu-bakr-al-baghdadi-trained-israeli-mossad</ref> command.<ref>https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/266629.htm</ref><!--No other source in English has been found yet to corroborate the State Dept. assertion.-->