US frees frozen assets for Libyan rebels
The US is trying to free up part of $30 billion it has frozen in Libyan assets so it can better support the opponents of Muammar Gaddafi, US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton told a conference on Thursday on Libya.
Twenty-two nations and international organizations met in Rome to figure out how to help the Libyan rebels, who say they need up to $3 billion in the coming months for military salaries, food, medicine and other basic supplies. Clinton said the Obama administration, working with Congress, wants “to tap some portion of those assets owned by Gaddafi and the Libyan government in the US, so we can make those funds available to help the Libyan people.”
Libyan authorities claimed they would be interfering the process of supporting the rebels.