Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, has announced that Cairo recognizes the Libyan Transitional National Council (rebels) as a legitimate representative of Libya.

Not only does Egypt recognize the rebels as the government of Libya, but Egyptian officials have revealed that they have been supporting them from the beginning.

Proof of this is that as many as 38 Egyptians had been arrested by Gaddafi’s forces, after they were caught helping the rebels.

One Libyan rebel official confirmed that the Libyan rebellion is connected to the regime change in Egypt: “We thank Egypt that has helped make this revolution succeed, because the Mubarak regime’s downfall helped Gaddafi’s downfall, for they are allies.”-Abdul Mon’em al-Houni