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| Libya faces chaos as top court rejects elected assembly |
| 2014-11-06 |
| [IN.REUTERS] Libya's Supreme Court on Thursday declared the internationally recognised parliament as unconstitutional, in a ruling likely to fuel further chaos in the north African oil producing nation. The decision came a day after gunnies stormed Libya's biggest oilfield, shutting down production at the facility in the country's remote south in a new blow to the already beleaguered energy sector. Libya is in chaos as two rival governments and parliaments are struggling for control of the country's vast energy reserves three years after the overthrow of Muammar Qadaffy ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later... . Dozens of gangs have also joined the fray. Western powers and Libya's neighbours fear the OPEC member nation is heading for a full-blown civil war, with former rebels who helped oust Qadaffy now using their guns to carve out their own fiefdom. Libya is split into a western part controlled by fighters calling themselves Operation Dawn, who seized the capital in August, leaving the internationally recognised parliament and government in charge of a rump state in the east. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I think I know how all those hungry Egyptians can find money to buy food. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2014-11-06 13:24 |
| #1 And what did they have before? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-06 13:08 |