White House spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. is trying to find ways to free up some of billions of dollars of assets seized from the Libyan leader's government to provide help for the opposition. He was short on details about the plan as reporters peppered him with questions about whether the tide has already turned in Qaddafi's favor.
"I don't have a military assessment for you," Carney said. "We're exploring ways for authorities to free up seized assets to see if we can free that up to the opposition ... this is one of the options" under consideration.
President Barack Obama also planned to meet his national security team Tuesday afternoon to discuss how to apply more pressure on Qaddafi to step down as NATO meets to discuss options for intervention, including the imposition of a no-fly zone.
TPMDC
No comments:
Post a Comment