A top US diplomat met in Cairo with opponents of Libyan leader Muamer Gaddafi as Washington struggles to understand Libya's nebulous opposition, officials said Tuesday.
Gene Cretz, the US ambassador to Tripoli who was in Washington before the uprising erupted in Libya last month, and other US officials met in Cairo with Libyan opposition leaders, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said.
He declined to identify Cretz's interlocutors but said Washington has been in contact with opposition members inside and outside the national council, which is headed by former Libyan justice minister Mustafa Abdel Jalil.
US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed meanwhile to plan a "full spectrum" of action on Libya, including a possible no-fly zone, surveillance and a relief effort.
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