"U.S. Recognizes Rebels in Libya
By SEBNEM ARSU and STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: July 15, 2011
ISTANBUL — The United States formally recognized the rebel leadership in Libya as the country’s legitimate government on Friday. The move, made at an international gathering here to discuss the five-month-old conflict in Libya, ratcheted up the diplomatic pressure on Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi amid a continuing NATO-led bombing campaign to push him from power. "
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