A group of Western powers and west Asian states have defended international military efforts in Libya and pledged to offer more monetary, political and humanitarian support for the Libyan opposition. Members of the Libyan contact group met in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday, agreeing to look into a temporary financial mechanism to help the rebels access and manage funds. Foreign ministers from France and Britain – plus U.N., U.S., Arab League and African Union diplomats – took part in the meeting, designed to coordinate an international response to the crisis. In their final statement, the group called on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to leave power, saying he and his government had lost all legitimacy. Qatar's crown prince said the international community is in a race against time to provide opposition forces the tools to fight. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the international community's actions to protect Libyan civilians caught in the country's bloody conflict are necessary, legal and right. At the Doha gathering, a Libyan rebel spokesman told delegates NATO is not doing enough to protect civilians. He appealed for greater U.S. involvement in the alliance's air campaign. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Washington has received disturbing reports of new atrocities by loyalist forces. She said pro-Gadhafi militias and mercenaries have continued their attacks on civilians in the besieged western city of Misrata. In Berlin on Wednesday, Germany expelled five Libyan diplomats for allegedly intimidating Libyan citizens living in the country. Germany's foreign ministry said the five must leave the country within a week.