Washington D.C. – A new plan has been proposed by the United States to supply the rebels in Libya with about $25 million in military equipment. It has been stressed that the equipment which will be sent, if all goes as planned, will be non-lethal supplies such as: vehicles, medical supplies, protective vests, binoculars as well as radios.
The Government in Libya is, not surprisingly, very critical of the proposed plan. Libya stated to the effect of, if Washington follows thru with this plan, it would cause the conflict to last even longer. The fighting has already lasted well over two months.
The sending of the equipment to the rebels in Libya has to be approved by President Barack Obama. Congregational approval is not necessary because this equipment will come out of surplus U.S. stock piles. According to the plan the supplies will be sent to Transitional National Council in Benghazi (TNCB). TNCB is the de facto opposition government and is not a recognized by the U.S. however it is recognized by France who has said it will deal directly with them.
It is still in question by some if all the material is going to be non-lethal as has been told. A lot of the speculation is most likely linked to the revelation in which the U.S. had a much bigger role in helping to disabled Gaddafi’s air strikes on rebel fighters.
