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american involvement in the 2011 libyan civil war wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 death of muammar gaddafi 2 development of american relations with the national transitional council 3 references toggle the table of contents american involvement in the 2011 libyan civil war 1 language العربية edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia this article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article july 2011 learn how and when to remove this message american involvement in the libyan civil war initially consisted of diplomatic initiatives and sanctions this was followed by the implementation of the un mandated no fly zone the development of diplomatic relations with the rebels as well as humanitarian aid bombing missions to destroy gaddafi s military capabilities and diplomatic assistance to the rebels in march 2011 five united states air force bombers three b 2s and two b 1bs dropped bombs on at least 100 targets in libya 1 2 in june 2011 bombers thought to be from france killed nine civilians in libya including two toddlers 3 libya did not develop a central government after the military involvement 4 libyan rebels had consistently told american government officials that they did not want overt foreign military assistance in toppling gaddafi instead covert military assistance was used including arms shipments to opposition the plan following gaddafi s death was to immediately begin flowing humanitarian assistance to eastern libya and later western libya as the symbolism would be critically important us sources stressed it as important that they would not allow turkey italy and others to steal a march on it citation needed death of muammar gaddafi edit see also death of muammar gaddafi moments after it was reported that gaddafi was killed fox news published an article titled u s drone involved in final qaddafi strike as obama heralds regime s end 5 noting that a u s predator drone was involved in the airstrike on gaddafi s convoy in the moments before his death an anonymous us official subsequently described their policy in hindsight as lead ing from behind 6 development of american relations with the national transitional council edit on 10 march 2011 secretary of state hillary clinton met anti gaddafi opposition leaders during a trip to egypt and tunisia 7 after the meeting between clinton and representatives of the council the european union and the u s have decided to talk to the council without officially recognising them in order to seek further information on the group and its goals 8 on 17 march ahead of a u n vote on a no fly zone under secretary of state william j burns affirmed u s support for a no fly zone as well as more aggressive measures to restrain gaddhafi that the u s is investigating transferring gaddafi s frozen assets to the rebels and that the ntc who may open an embassy in washington 9 on 29 march the u s confirmed at a conference in london that it will send a formal representative to benghazi 10 in late april ambassador gene cretz said the u s was continuing to consider formal recognition of the council but in the meantime it is providing strong informal support including reportedly authorizing international oil deals with rebel held eastern libya 11 12 on 13 may 2011 us national security adviser tom donilon said his government recognized the national transitional council as a legitimate and credible interlocutor of the libyan people after meeting with prime minister mahmoud jebril 13 white house press secretary jay carney said that the u s had not yet decided to fully recognize the council as libya s sole legitimate representative body on 24 may the ntc opened a formal diplomatic office in washington d c the u s had already had an office in benghazi with a formal envoy for nearly two months 10 14 on 9 june clinton said the united states views the transitional national council as the legitimate interlocutor for the libyan people during this interim period but washington and benghazi indicated that the u s still had not committed to the same level of formal recognition as france and several other countries 15 on 15 july at an international conference on libya held in turkey clinton stated that the us had decided to formally recognise the ntc as the country s legitimate authority allowing the us to divert over 30 billion worth of gaddafi regime funds frozen in the us to the ntc 16 references edit tirpak john a july 2011 bombers over libya pdf air space forces magazine vol 94 no 7 p 37 archived pdf from the original on 28 september 2025 retrieved 13 july 2011 david axe july 13 2011 two bombers 24 hours 100 libyan targets destroyed wired retrieved 24 august 2014 nato admits civilians died in tripoli bombing raid the telegraph 19 june 2011 retrieved 24 august 2014 becker jo shane scott 2016 02 27 hillary clinton smart power and a dictator s fall the new york times issn 0362 4331 retrieved 2016 02 28 u s drone involved in final qaddafi strike as obama heralds regime s end fox news 26 march 2015 retrieved 16 may 2016 gaddafi killed a new kind of us foreign policy success bbc news 20 october 2011 retrieved 16 may 2016 clinton to meet anti gaddafi opposition as world weighs libya options haaretz 10 march 2011 archived from the original on august 26 2014 retrieved august 24 2014 roland lloyd parry g8 shies away from libya no fly plan afp 15 march 2011 הידיעות סוכנויות 17 march 2011 לוב מאיימת אם נותקף נתקוף מטרות אזרחיות וצבאיות libya threatens if we are attacked we attack civilian and military targets haaretz in hebrew associated press retrieved 31 august 2014 בדבריו בפני ועדת החוץ של הסאנט אמר תת שרת החוץ האמריקאית ויליאם ברנס כי הממשל מבקש לאסור טיסה בשמי לוב אך גם לאמץ פעולות נוספות מעבר לכך ובהן תקיפות אוויריות נגד מטרות צבאיות כמו כן ארה ב מבקשת לאשר להעביר את נכסיו המוקפאים של קדאפי לידי המורדים כדי שיוכלו להצטייד בתחמושת וכן לחזק את האמברגו על סחר בנשק עם לוב עוד מסר ברנס כי ייתכן שהמועצה הלאומית של המורדים בלוב תפתח נציגות בוושינגטון in his speech before the foreign affairs committee of the senate undersecretary of state william burns said that the administration seeks to ban flights over libya but also adopt additional actions beyond that including air strikes against military targets in addition the united states seeks to approve transfer gaddafi s frozen assets to the rebels so they can stock up on ammunition and strengthen the embargo on arms trade with libya burns also said that the national council of the libyan rebels may open a representative office in washington 1 2 mu xuequan 29 march 2011 libya s rebels say us appoints benghazi envoy xinhua archived from the original on april 8 2011 retrieved 17 june 2011 us allows oil deals with libya s tnc menafn 29 april 2011 archived from the original on may 2 2011 retrieved 30 april 2011 dougherty jill 27 april 2011 u s still not ready to recognize libyan opposition cnn retrieved 30 april 2011 cite news cs1 maint deprecated archival service link u s views libyan opposition as legitimate interlocutor xinhua 13 may 2011 archived from the original on may 17 2011 retrieved 10 june 2011 nato airstrikes pound tripoli cbc news 2011 05 24 archived from the original on 2022 09 08 kenner david 9 june 2011 clinton edges toward recognition of libyan rebels foreign policy retrieved 22 june 2011 lee matthew us recognizes libyan rebels as libyan government yahoo news associated press retrieved 15 july 2011 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title american_involvement_in_the_2011_libyan_civil_war oldid 1357094218 categories libyan civil war 2011 wars involving the united states hidden categories articles with short description short description with empty wikidata description wikipedia introduction cleanup from july 2011 all pages needing cleanup articles covered by wikiproject wikify from july 2011 all articles covered by wikiproject wikify all articles with unsourced statements articles with unsourced statements from june 2023 all articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from october 2016 cs1 uses hebrew language script he cs1 hebrew 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