{"id":291240,"date":"2016-09-13T08:42:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T12:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=291240"},"modified":"2021-01-09T08:47:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T13:47:47","slug":"rogue-libyan-govt-vows-to-protect-national-wealth-as-west-demands-withdrawal-from-seized-oil-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/rogue-libyan-govt-vows-to-protect-national-wealth-as-west-demands-withdrawal-from-seized-oil-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogue Libyan govt vows to protect national wealth as West demands withdrawal from seized oil ports"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
\u201cRogue\u201d? What was \u201crogue\u201d was to attack and invade Libya and kill Kadhafi.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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The US and several of its allies have condemned the takeover of four oil terminals in Libya by the country\u2019s rival administration, calling for an immediate withdrawal. Those behind the seized ports say the move was necessary to protect the nation\u2019s wealth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States condemn this weekend’s attacks on Zueitina, Ras Lanuf, Es Sider, and Brega oil terminals in Libya. We call on all parties to undertake an immediate ceasefire and to refrain from any further hostilities,\u201d\u00a0the US State Department wrote in a\u00a0statement\u00a0on its website.<\/p>\n

It went on to stress that the six countries see the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) \u2013 which ran the oil terminals prior to the seizures \u2013 as Libya’s\u00a0\u201csole executive authority.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call for all military forces that have moved into the oil crescent to withdraw immediately, without preconditions,\u201d\u00a0the joint statement added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the GNA itself has also called on those responsible for the seizures to be defeated, with a Sunday statement from the government’s Presidential Council calling the attacks\u00a0\u201cunjustified escalation\u201d\u00a0that would\u00a0\u201cprolong the period of conflict\u201d\u00a0in Libya.<\/p>\n

But forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar \u2013 who opposes the GNA and supports the rival government in the east of the country \u2013 said the seizures were necessary because the GNA in Tripoli had been distributing oil sale revenues unfairly. It said that Libyan armed forces took over the ports in an effort to protect the source of national income and end political blackmail that has cost Libya US$100 billion over the past three years.<\/p>\n

The Tobruk-based rival administration did, however, vowed to fulfill national export commitments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Libyan national oil corporation will fulfill all obligations and contracts that were agreed with local and foreign companies,\u201d\u00a0parliamentary speaker Aguila Saleh Issa said a statement, as quoted by Sputnik.<\/p>\n

The Sunday seizures by the Libyan National Army (LNA), which is also loyal to forces in Libya’s east, led to the takeover of Sidra and Ras Lanuf, neighboring oil terminal towns, from the Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG). In addition to the terminals themselves, a 220,000 barrels-per-day refinery was seized, along with a petrochemical complex, a military and civil airport, and oil company buildings.<\/p>\n

In addition, the LNA also took control of the south and east gates at Ajdabiya and the headquarters of the Zueitina oil terminal, leaving PFG with hardly any territory.<\/p>\n

The LNA said the operation \u2013 dubbed Swift Lightning \u2013 had been planned for months and was achieved with minimal bloodshed.<\/p>\n

The attacks have prompted worries about a wider battle over Libya\u2019s resources, as the oil-rich country has the world\u2019s ninth-largest oil reserves.<\/p>\n

One of those worries came from Martin Kobler, head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, who tweeted his concerns and stressed that Libya\u2019s oil belongs to\u00a0\u201call Libyans.\u201d<\/p>\n

worried about reported fighting in the oil crescent. will add to division and further restricting oil exports. oil belongs to ALL libyans.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Martin Kobler (@KoblerSRSG)\u00a0September 11, 2016
\nIn a news release, Kobler\u00a0said\u00a0the attacks\u00a0\u201cfurther threaten the stability and lead to a greater division of the country. They further restrict the oil exports and add to people\u2019s suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Libya has been struggling to regain political stability since the 2011 NATO intervention helped depose and murder former leader Muammar Gaddafi. Rival powers and militias have been fighting for control over the country ever since. In December of 2015, the UN-brokered GNA and a Presidency Council were created in an attempt to return stability and peace to the country. However, it has been difficult for the fledgling Tripoli-based government to assert authority over the country, which is still home to a number of rival factions that oppose it.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/359137-libya-oil-terminal-seizures\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: \u201cRogue\u201d? What was \u201crogue\u201d was to attack and invade Libya and kill Kadhafi.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":291241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}