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Monday, August 19, 2013
Libya has accused striking guards who have seized oil export terminals of trying to make shipments for their own profit. The government said that it may take military action against any unauthorized vessels that dock at the terminals according to an AFP report.
Prime Minister Ali Zidan issued the warning saying “A group of guards at oil terminals in the central region has decided to bring vessels they have organized themselves to export oil for their own profit.”
“Any vessel not under contract to the National Oil Company (NOC) that approaches the terminals will be bombed from the air and the sea,” he said, adding he had the backing of the General National Congress.
The government is losing a considerable amount in export earnings due to the shut ins at Libya’s terminals. Zidan said that this could not go on indefinitely. “If the blockade of the oil terminals continues, the state will be obliged to use all means at its disposal, including those of the army,” the prime minister warned.
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