Libya's PM warns may sink oil tankers nearing east ports

Reuters ^ | Wed Jan 8, 2014 | Ulf Laessing and Ghaith Shennib

[artichokegrower]

Libya may sink tankers trying to load at eastern ports seized by armed protesters in an escalating confrontation over control of oil exports, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Wednesday.

His warning came after Libya's navy fired shots at the weekend to ward off a tanker that the state-run National Oil Corp. (NOC) said tried to load at one port that has been out of government control for six months.

Brent crude rose above $107 a barrel on Wednesday, supported by the new worries over Libyan supplies, which have been slashed since summer by the blockade of three key eastern ports.

Negotiations to end the protests have failed as eastern federalists, whose self-styled Cyrenaica government seeks more autonomy from Tripoli, have threatened to ship oil independently to world markets in defiance of Zeidan.

[artichokegrower]

Libya civil war, Egypt civil war, Syria civil war, Iraq civil war. Hey Obama how's that Arab Spring working out? Sorta like global warming?

[logic101.net]

Nice job by Berry. Good thing we got that cowboy Bush out of office.

[Slump Tester]

And don’t forget about Obamacare. His “arab spring” is running about as smoothly as it.

[Truth29]

"Libya civil war, Egypt civil war, Syria civil war, Iraq civil war. Hey Obama how's that Arab Spring working out? Sorta like global warming?"

Nope, it is working out well for Obama. He is spreading chaos everywhere that fosters and feeds Islamists and Islamic terrorism. Only Egypt is trying to restore sanity and Obama is sanctioning them for toppling his Muslim Brotherhood allies.

[Red Badger]

Coming soon to our land....American Civil War II...............only this time it won’t be nice..................

[Navy Patriot]

Libya is a Democratic paradise since Obama and Hillary fixed it.

[duckman]

Zero needs to establish a new red line immediately. (sarc)

[NonValueAdded]

Øbama, you are doing a fantastic job.

/UltraMegaGigaDrippingSarc

[SpinnerWebb]

It wasn’t nice last time.

I am a humble neophyte seeking further instruction into the mystic order of Zeta Omega Tau.

[Red Badger]

The point was that the next one will be so bad the first one will seem 'nice' by comparison...................

[grania]

uuhhhh....the manipulated unrest of the Arab Spring was about a lot of things, but not democracy and freedom for oppressed masses, who in both countries were better off before than they will ever be again.

There's a western oil company (Apache?) operating out of western Egypt that wanted to further exploit Egyptian resources and take control of Benghazi as the best port for shipping it out. Libya and Egypt wanted to set the rules....time for a "democracy"!

Then there's those pesky billions Libya and Qaddafi had in Italian banks. Italian banks were having huge financial problems. Connect the dots.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[SpinnerWebb]

yeah... point well taken...