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| Libya repels ISIS assault on oil terminal |
| 2016-01-13 |
| Libyan guards said Monday they repelled a maritime assault by ISIS on Zueitina oil terminal in the north of the country. ISIS tried last week to seize export terminals in the so-called "oil crescent" of northern Libya, killing 56 people in two suicide bombings in Zliten and Ras Lanouf, east of Tripoli. "On Sunday night, the guards intercepted three boats trying to enter the oil port of Zueitina," Ali al-Hassi, spokesman for the guards protecting oil facilities for Libya's recognised government. "They opened fire and hit one of the boats. The other two made off but returned a short while later to tow the vessel which had been hit," he said. "We can say it was ISIS because we'd received information that ISIS would try to enter Zueitina by sea," the spokesman told AFP. For a country that depends on oil revenue to have any standard of living at all, seems like every single side in that country is willing to blow up the oil. Smart... |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 No insult intended. Sorry. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-01-13 13:57 |
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| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-01-13 11:48 |
| #2 Libya's recognised (sic) government. Exactly how does one recognize a Libyan government? Does it wear a carnation in its buttonhole? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-01-13 11:15 |
| #1 Libya is still a country? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-13 02:18 |