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Turkey funding Libyan rebels
Istanbul (CNN) -- The cash-starved Libyan rebel government received emergency
money in the final weeks before their advance into Tripoli -- a $100 million
cash donation from the government of Turkey.
During a hastily-arranged trip to the Libyan rebel capital of Benghazi this
week, Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu and the Transitional National
Council chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil revealed that starting in July, the Turks
began rushing a total of $300 million to the rebels.
"The first 100 million is a cash donation," said Turkish foreign ministry
spokesman Selcuk Unal. "The second 100 million is credit donation. ... The
third 100 million is a credit loan."
"The cash they are using (is) for salaries and buying food," Unal added.
On Thursday, diplomats will converge in Istanbul for a meeting of the Libya
Contact Group, a coalition of Arab and European governments. Representatives
from the United States and Turkey will also attend.
Many of these governments threw their weight behind the Libyan rebels by
freezing the assets of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's government and pledging
military and financial support to the council in Benghazi.
"The group will discuss the next steps to be taken at the political level,"
said Unal. "It will be no surprise if they also discuss the financial aspect of
the crisis."
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