'Gaddafi orders explosion of Libya's oil pipelines'

Source: Jerusalem Post/AP

Libyan leader tells security forces to blow up oil facilities, cutting off flows to Mediterranean ports, reports 'Time'; number of people killed in anti-gov't protests rises to 300.

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"The sabotage, according to the insider, is meant to serve as a message to Libya's rebellious tribes: It's either me or chaos," said the report.

Time also reported that the insider said Gaddafi only has the support of about 5,000 soldiers in the army and that the Libyan leader has told people close to him that he realizes he cannot take control over Libya with the troops he has.

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People ought not assume this thing is over or determined at this stage.

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confirmation knowing the rep of the Jerusalem Post... nothing there, nada zippo, regarding this story. Not that he is incapable, but the JPost has a rep. And not precisely a good one. Sad fate for a paper that used to be incredibly good.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2052961,00.html

Robert Baer is iffy, but that's where they're getting it.

That said the JP used to be a great paper... not anymore, not since it became a Murdoch rag. Same total fate for the WSJ, who's news side used to be good, but these days.

I think it was actually posted around here before. The telling part is:



A nice omission from the JP article (the AP article just posted in LBN and likely merged here does not omit this 'context').

so is the body language... which reveals a swagger... and not in a good way.

Not to hate on him, because his comments on his actions in the CIA are invaluable intel, but once he retired I think he fell out of the loop to be honest. He does speak fluent Arabic and I'll give him that (he's not stupid), and he did give a big disclaimer for the 'source.' But in the end I don't think we can say that it has been definitively ordered, yet.

To think it's out of the question is silly, though, as Gaddafi appeared quite insane in his speech and I doubt very seriously it's low on his list of considerations. The real question will be if he orders it if his men follow those orders. I can see the mercs attempting it, but I don't see them having the ability (it'd really need to be a bombing run, imo, the tribes have the pipelines mostly protected).

At least in the past, the Austrian government was on fairly good terms with Gaddhafi. I don't know whether it still is. There are some big temperament issues involved. Die Presse and Der Standard are the two reliable Austrian newspapers. I checked Der Standard and saw articles but I don't have the time to read them right now.

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Time Magazine's intelligence columnist reported on Tuesday that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has ordered his security forces to sabotage the country's oil facilities, citing a source close to the government.

In a column posted on Time's website, Robert Baer said the sabotage would begin by blowing up pipelines to the Mediterranean. However he added that the same source had also told him two weeks ago that unrest in neighboring countries would never spread to Libya -- an assertion that has turned out to be wrong.

"Among other things, Gaddafi has ordered security services to start sabotaging oil facilities," Baer wrote. "The sabotage, according to the insider, is meant to serve as a message to Libya's rebellious tribes: It's either me or chaos."

The growing violence in Libya has forced a number of oil companies to shut in production in Africa's third-largest oil producer and disrupted flows from the country's export terminals.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110222/wl_nm/us_libya_oil_time

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if you tamper with a jukie's stuff, the junkie may hurt you.

Everyone should raise their voices in case of intervention against Libya.

And not to be insulting to the mercs, but you can really say that for every trained fighter a merc is half as good, half as equipped, and more likely to tuck tail and run once his buddies start falling.

If you go under that assumption, you can say that Gaddafi has between 20k going up against 40k. Bloody, yes, insurmountable, no.

A no fly zone in action is all that need be done to turn the favor toward the United Libyan Tribe at any point in the conflict.

profits.

Like I said, madman, it can be taken either way. He has enough mercs on the ground to leave behind a major bloodbath. But since the generals have sided against him and it appears the Libyans are uniting against him, he will fail. Much more blood will spill due to the mercs, but Gaddafi is done for.

- Parenting skills. They're the first second thing to go when a dictator's in his death throes.....



K&R

and a lot of lies & games... still, it sounds like Q'Daffy would go there. He seems as crazy as Libyans say he is.

Suit up the Bush girls -time to invade!

They're doing what they did with Egypt, waiting for the outcome to become clear, and choosing that side. It's kinda fine by me, to be honest.

they came in by land through Egypt