because I love pointing out the numerous errors and downright horrendous foreign policy disasters that the power-that-be commit to their hearts' content on a daily basis and never get sent to prison for their murderous folly.
Edward Yeranian writing at VOANews:
....Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan repeated an official warning to a North Korean-flagged oil tanker Saturday afternoon to “leave Libyan waters” or face attack.
He said that the North Korean tanker, bearing the name Morning Glory, entered the Libyan port of Sidra, breaking international law, and was warned to leave or face attack. He stressed that the ship has said it would like to leave, but is being forced by militiamen to load crude.
Zeidan indicated that his government hoped to resolve the crisis “as soon as possible” but that a government attack on the ship “would create an ecological disaster.” He added that “orders for the ship to leave were not carried out by the army,” due to an internal conflict.
He said that the Libyan Army chief of staff was refusing to accept orders from the defense minister or from the government, making it impossible to make the army take action.
Reuters news agency reported that militiamen in the port of Sidra had overseen the loading of the North Korean oil tanker. The ship has reportedly been in Libyan territorial waters since Tuesday. Militia leader Ibrahim Jadran in nearby Ajdabiya is reportedly behind the tug-of-war.....
Kimberly Jones writing at Linkis:
....On November 2nd, an inaugural ceremony was held in Ajdabiya where the Eastern Libyan government was formed under the name Political Bureau of Cyrenaica (POC). This newly formed government is intended to represent the four providences within the region of Cyrenaica (or Barqa in Arabic) with Benghazi as it's capital. More than 20 ministers took an oath of service to join the movement's leader, Ibrahim Jathran, to challenge Libya's Central Government, which has had difficulty unifying the "People of Libya" and gaining control of the powerful militia groups who still run the country by tribal boundaries...........
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