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*'''28 March.''' ''AP'' reports [[Turkey]] takes over running the Benghazi airport.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110618103616/http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/turkey-will-run-benghazi-airport-prime-m</ref> <font color="brown">This is the beginning of a direct flightline to Adana, Turkey where captured Gaddadi regime weapons are delivered to AQI/ISI jihadis, for the purpose of overthrowing the [[Bashar Assad|Assad]] regime. The group eventually evolves into the [[Islamic State]].</font>

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*'''29 March.''' Clinton travels to London for a conference on Libya, where Clinton is a '''driving force behind the creation of a Contact Group comprising 20-plus countries to coordinate efforts to "protect civilians" and plan for a post-Gaddafi Libya.''' She is instrumental in setting up a rotating chair system to ensure regional buy-in.

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*Russia and China accuse US of exceeding UNSC 1973 mandate.<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/russia-china-accuse-west-exceeding-un-resolution-making-libyan-crisis-worse</ref>

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*'''18-30 March.''' Hillary Clinton engages with [[UAE]], [[Qatar]], and [[Jordan]] to seek their participation in coalition operations. Over the course of several days, all three devote aircraft to the mission.

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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>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-order-idustre72t6h220110331</ref>

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*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>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-usa-rebels-idUSTRE72U7NM20110331</ref>

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*'''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 command.<ref>https://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/266629.htm</ref>

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*'''Spring.''' Obama intel officials capture and record private communications between Rep. Kucinich, and a Libyan official.<ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/audio/kucinich-no1/</ref><ref>http://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/audio/kucinich-no2/</ref>

===April 2011===

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