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The Obama administration has emphatically called for Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi to step down and has pledged assistance to the rebels seeking to overthrow him. Yet the U.S. has far less clarity on a key issue: Who's in charge of the Libyan revolution? <ref> [http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/02/world/la-fg-libya-opposition-20110303 U.S. wants to know who's in charge of Libyan revolution.] </ref>
The [[Obama administration]] has emphatically called for Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi to step down and ordered assistance to the anti-Gadaffi forces seeking to overthrow him. Yet the U.S. has far less clarity on a key issue: Who's in charge of the Libyan revolution? <ref> [http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/02/world/la-fg-libya-opposition-20110303 U.S. wants to know who's in charge of Libyan revolution.] </ref>
On Martch 17, 2011 The [[United Nations Security Council]] issued a resolution calling for the use of military intervention in Libya.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=278685</ref>
===French intervention===
On March 10 2011, France became the first and only country to recognize the Libyan Transitional National Council “as the legitimate representative of the Libyan people.”<ref> “Sarkozy’s Libyan Surprise,” ''The Economist'', March 14, 2011.</ref>
On Saturday, March 19, two days after passage of UN Security Cuncil Resolution 1973,<ref>http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=278685</ref> both French President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] convened an emergency meeting of allied and Arab leaders in [[Paris]] which endorsed the immediate deployment of military aircraft to stop an assault by Gaddafi forces on Benghazi and the establishment of a no-fly zone in the country. Before the end of the meeting, French fighter planes had attacked armored vehicles and tanks on the outskirts of Benghazi. Some
participants at the Paris meeting were reportedly critical of the French government both for
insisting on convening the meeting before agreeing to endorse air strikes and for then launching
strikes before the meeting was over.<ref>Allies Open Air Assault on Qaddafi’s Forces in Libya, ''New York Times'', March 19, 2011.</ref> French officials claim that meeting participants were informed of the operation beforehand. The strikes had clearly been planned and coordinated with the knowledge of key allied militaries, including the [[United States]].<ref>Operation Odyssey Dawn (Libya): Background and Issues for Congress, ''Congressional Research Service'', March 30, 2011.</ref>
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