ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: DEBKAfile
30March2011 10:02amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: The London conference attended by 40 foreign ministers and various delegations ended Tuesday, March 29 with the US and Britain ranged in favor of arming the Libyan rebels and France and Italy against. It also passed control of the coalition offensive to a “contact group” with the vague brief to map out Libya’s future.
The conference therefore relegated the Libyan conflict to the same uncertain fate as the other Arab uprisings, which still face more bloody paroxysms on the road to unknowable outcomes. (read full report)