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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Wed Mar 12, 2014, 11:44 PM Mar 2014

Libya Ousts Prime Minister After Ship Leaves Rebel-Held Port With Illegal Oil

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libya’s parliament handed a no-confidence vote to Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Tuesday in yet another jolt to the oil-rich nation’s crumbling political stability.

Libya’s elected General National Congress (GNC) ousted Zeidan a day after the government failed to stop a North Korean-flagged oil tanker from departing Libya’s eastern shore with an unauthorized $36 million cargo of crude oil.

Less than three years after the fall of dictator Moammar Gaddafi, Libya has been riven by increasingly violent political animosities as powerful militias, aligned with rival political factions, have struggled to exert control over key government offices, territory and — significantly — the country’s vast oil resources.

Federalist fighters seeking autonomy for eastern Libya have laid siege to some of the country’s key oil wells and ports, effectively paralyzing exports for the past six months.

The weekend docking of the North Korean tanker marked the first independent sale of oil by a non-state body, threatening to escalate regional and tribal tensions into a full-fledged war.

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North Korea disowns Libya oil tanker muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #1

muriel_volestrangler

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1. North Korea disowns Libya oil tanker

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Thu Mar 13, 2014, 07:31 AM

Mar 2014

North Korea had nothing to do with a tanker which left Libya with an oil shipment in defiance of the government, a Pyongyang official has said.

North Korea revoked the Morning Glory's registration when it learned of the incident, Jon Ki Chol said.
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On Wednesday, Libyan government spokesman Habib al-Amin said the navy had fired on the vessel, but failed to disable it.

It sailed eastwards towards Egyptian waters and Libya had asked Egypt and other countries to help stop it, he added.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26558959

Not like North Korea to disown things, unless it specifically wants a decent relationship with the Libyan government.

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