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Libyan Rebels: Qaddafi Has Boobytrapped Oil Fields
Fox News ^ | July 21, 2011 | N/A

Posted on 07/21/2011 12:36:21 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

Libyan ruler Muammar al-Qaddafi's troops have boobytrapped petroleum installations in the strategic oil port of Brega so they can be blown up if his regime loses the town, a top rebel official said Thursday.

Mahmoud Jibril, the rebels' diplomatic chief, also said Qaddafi's forces have boobytrapped oil fields. He did not state which fields. While Brega is a key oil processing and shipment hub, the fields that feed it lie far to the south in the Libyan desert.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: economy; italy; libya; oil; oup

1 posted on 07/21/2011 12:36:25 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar

The last guy that booby trapped oil fields fell through a trap door with a rope around his neck.


2 posted on 07/21/2011 12:38:44 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
Keen observation.

Question: If we go in and de-fuse the booby traps, can we get a discount on the price of oil?

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3 posted on 07/21/2011 12:42:02 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Mohammar Qaddafi is playing to win, and as this war is about oil and gold, boobie trapped oil fields and facilities are proof he is winning.


4 posted on 07/21/2011 12:42:19 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Holy flippin' crap, Sarah rocks the world!)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

This sounds like someone is amazed that Quadday would do this.

IMO it’s par for the course.


5 posted on 07/21/2011 12:43:54 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Navy Patriot
Mohammar Qaddafi is playing to win, and as this war is about oil and gold, boobie trapped oil fields and facilities are proof he is winning.


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6 posted on 07/21/2011 12:46:31 PM PDT by Lazamataz (If you pet a tiny goose, you will feel a little down.)
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To: Venturer

Quadday= Quaddafy-Quaddafi-Ghaddafy -Daffy Duck ,or however the heck he spells it.


7 posted on 07/21/2011 12:46:31 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Jet Jaguar

That’s EASY to deal with. You have his henchmen clear the oilfields when its over.

The most IMPORTANT thing about the Libyan situation is the oil.

If Obama were SERIOUS about helping the economy, he would have stayed OUT of it, or done everything possible to help one or the other side win - FAST. That would have assured the flow of more oil into the market.

But I am convinced Obama WANTS our economy to collapse. THAT is HIS and SOROS’ goal so they can institute a new socialist world order.


8 posted on 07/21/2011 12:47:30 PM PDT by ZULU (Lindsey Graham is a nanometrical pustule of pusillanimous putrescence)
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To: Venturer
This sounds like someone is amazed that Quadday would do this. IMO it’s par for the course.

Is it against the Marquess of Queensberry Rules of War? /s

9 posted on 07/21/2011 1:07:37 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wranglers not Levis. Levi Strauss is anti-2nd Amendment.)
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To: TigersEye

Is NATO bombing civilians against those rules? Are we supposed to follow rules the great hero Kadaffy is exempt from?


10 posted on 07/21/2011 2:22:53 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Jet Jaguar



11 posted on 07/21/2011 2:38:22 PM PDT by familyop ("Don't worry, they'll row for a month before they figure out I'm fakin' it." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Jet Jaguar.
in the strategic oil port of Brega so they can be blown up if his regime loses the town
"We'll need millions more dollars to defuse these booby traps and take the town."


12 posted on 07/21/2011 6:49:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Jet Jaguar

bttt


13 posted on 07/21/2011 6:59:29 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Dear Leader said this was a humanitarian mission not Gaddafi. So when his forces bomb civilians they show themselves to be the hypocritical liars we all said they were when this began.


14 posted on 07/21/2011 7:04:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wranglers not Levis. Levi Strauss is anti-2nd Amendment.)
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To: TigersEye
"his forces?"

US forces are not "his," they are yours and they are mine.

Of course humanitarian justifications for war are bogus, that's why those who dislike the rebels shouldn't worry, we are not going to war to "save" anybody, we go to war to kill, not to save.

15 posted on 07/21/2011 7:18:58 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
US forces are not "his," they are yours and they are mine.

No shi'ite, Sherlock. And you think it's just grand that he uses them for BS missions.

Of course humanitarian justifications for war are bogus, ...

You're kidding? /s

...we are not going to war to "save" anybody, we go to war to kill, not to save.

That should be all the reason you need. Enjoy!

16 posted on 07/21/2011 7:30:28 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wranglers not Levis. Levi Strauss is anti-2nd Amendment.)
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