The new Libya: various aspects

[davidbfpo]

Bill,

I've relied on twitter for updates. First there was a report the Libyan Air Force refused to attack the tanker. Just seen a reliable source, Omar Ashour report:

Libyan navy controls oil tanker, leads to government controlled port. Finally, #GNC shows some teeth.

[davidbfpo]

A little more reporting. AJ's headline 'Libyan parliament sacks PM after tanker escapes rebel-held port', although the story is based on Reuters, which starts:

Libya's parliament voted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan out of office on Tuesday after rebels humiliated the government by loading crude on a tanker that fled from naval forces, officials said, in a sign of the worsening chaos in the OPEC member state.

Libyan gunboats later chased the tanker along Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast and opened fire, damaging it, a military spokesman said. Italian naval ships were helping move the tanker to a Libyan government-controlled port, he said. But Italy denied any of its vessels were in the area at the time and the reported firing incident could not be confirmed.

Link:http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...A2A0R820140311

With a backgrounder on the bubbling along civil strife in Libya:http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...rea?CMP=twt_gu

[davidbfpo]

Watch and draw your own conclusions - what did NATO do? Link to a short film clip and the English language used:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxB4...T6N1Z_Lk8ztP_Q