Scoop News  
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1107/S00223/us-decided-to-recognize-libyas-rebels-as-legitimate-govt.htm


US decided to recognize Libya's rebels as legitimate govt

US has decided to recognize Libya’s rebels as the legitimate government

by Franklin Lamb
Turkey
July 15, 2011

The U.S., along with more than 30 other nations, has decided to recognize Libya’s rebels as the legitimate government of the country. The Libyan Contact Group, convening in Turkey, has also urged Colonel Gaddafi to give up power. Dr. Franklin Lamb – a director of an organisation called Americans Concerned for Middle East Peace – says it’s just another dangerous case of the U.S. misjudging an ally.

*************