Libya has been experiencing anarchy since Gadhafi turned against the eastern half of the country. I don't blame them for deciding to trust their own neighborhoods for security. They didn't know who to trust, so why trust anyone. They trust god. And if god manifests in a name that represents the old caliphate, it is all the better.
The name "Islamic State" is ADOPTED by many. That is normal. The warlord paradigm lives on. It is just that Daesh appears to be anointed by god to exist. The idea of a caliphate is charismatic. So, while reports are that Daesh is taking over the country, it doesn't mean the power structure has shifted so much as the name of the power structure.
June 6, 2015
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Islamic State militants (click here) have seized another town in Libya, the group and a military source said on Friday, expanding the territory they control in the strifetorn country.
The militant group, which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria, has exploited a security vacuum in Libya as two rival governments struggle for power, four years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. Islamic State took over the city of Sirte on Libya's central Mediterranean coast in stages this year, occupying government buildings and last month the city's airport. The group has now also taken over the town of Harwa to the east of Sirte, according to a statement posted on social media.A military source confirmed militants were controlling Harwa, adding they had taken over government buildings. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killings of dozens of Egyptian and Ethiopian Christians, the storming of a luxury hotel in Tripoli and attacks on oilfields as well as suicide bombings in several cities. The group has a strong presence in the eastern city of Derna and has carried out suicide attacks in Benghazi, the main eastern city. The government of premier Abdullah al-Thinni has been based in the east since losing the capital Tripoli in August to a rival administration....
Typical, the Libyan oil company functions in the face of anarchy. While the rest of the country is in anarchy the oil company continues to operate untouched. It is amazing to realize the natural resources of a country remain in control of financial interests while the actual governance of the country can't be identified.
This is from Reuters.
By Libby George
May 18 Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC) (click here) has opened its books to international oil firms and is meeting regularly with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to keep them on board with the current payment system for Libya's oil exports.
National Oil Company Chairman Mustafa Sanallah said he and central bank Governor Saddek El-Kaber met with Libya's major oil buyers to reassure them that none of the payments were going to fuel hostilities between rival factions or be misused.
"They know where our money comes from, and where it is sent in Libya," Sanallah said. "The money flow is very clear to them, and they were happy with this," he added.
The assurances come as Libya's internationally recognised government, which runs an eastern rump state since fleeing the capital last year, said it wanted all oil exports to be paid for through a new state oil firm it is setting up in the east....
In the past oil resources in Africa, ie: Nigeria, were secured by militias or otherwise known as government military units. The people were disregarded and suffered consequences in securing those resources. Most Nigerians can tell the story. It was widely known and the pollution from the oil was overwhelming.
...Among the companies that he said the NOC met last month in Malta were U.S. ConocoPhillips, Occidental Petroleum , Total, OMV, Eni and Statoil....
It appears the governance has shifted to east Libya. From this reporting Tripoli sounds like a shell of it's old self.
..."There are two institutions still working in Libya ... for the sake of Libya," Sanallah said, citing NOC and the central bank. "They are not on the side of any authority."...
The Libyan Civil War started in 2011 with the rise of a power structure in eastern Libya. It really appears as though they have won the war. If The West is approving of the eastern control of the national asset there has to be realization Tripoli is in chaos. There may have been a sovereign shift to the east. If the east can defend it's power structures and provide services to the people there is a new capital in Libya.
"Trade Arabia" is recognizing the reports by Reuters. In that could be a consensus of knowledge.
The name "Islamic State" is ADOPTED by many. That is normal. The warlord paradigm lives on. It is just that Daesh appears to be anointed by god to exist. The idea of a caliphate is charismatic. So, while reports are that Daesh is taking over the country, it doesn't mean the power structure has shifted so much as the name of the power structure.
June 6, 2015
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Islamic State militants (click here) have seized another town in Libya, the group and a military source said on Friday, expanding the territory they control in the strifetorn country.
The militant group, which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria, has exploited a security vacuum in Libya as two rival governments struggle for power, four years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. Islamic State took over the city of Sirte on Libya's central Mediterranean coast in stages this year, occupying government buildings and last month the city's airport. The group has now also taken over the town of Harwa to the east of Sirte, according to a statement posted on social media.A military source confirmed militants were controlling Harwa, adding they had taken over government buildings. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killings of dozens of Egyptian and Ethiopian Christians, the storming of a luxury hotel in Tripoli and attacks on oilfields as well as suicide bombings in several cities. The group has a strong presence in the eastern city of Derna and has carried out suicide attacks in Benghazi, the main eastern city. The government of premier Abdullah al-Thinni has been based in the east since losing the capital Tripoli in August to a rival administration....
Typical, the Libyan oil company functions in the face of anarchy. While the rest of the country is in anarchy the oil company continues to operate untouched. It is amazing to realize the natural resources of a country remain in control of financial interests while the actual governance of the country can't be identified.
This is from Reuters.
By Libby George
May 18 Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC) (click here) has opened its books to international oil firms and is meeting regularly with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to keep them on board with the current payment system for Libya's oil exports.
National Oil Company Chairman Mustafa Sanallah said he and central bank Governor Saddek El-Kaber met with Libya's major oil buyers to reassure them that none of the payments were going to fuel hostilities between rival factions or be misused.
"They know where our money comes from, and where it is sent in Libya," Sanallah said. "The money flow is very clear to them, and they were happy with this," he added.
The assurances come as Libya's internationally recognised government, which runs an eastern rump state since fleeing the capital last year, said it wanted all oil exports to be paid for through a new state oil firm it is setting up in the east....
In the past oil resources in Africa, ie: Nigeria, were secured by militias or otherwise known as government military units. The people were disregarded and suffered consequences in securing those resources. Most Nigerians can tell the story. It was widely known and the pollution from the oil was overwhelming.
...Among the companies that he said the NOC met last month in Malta were U.S. ConocoPhillips, Occidental Petroleum , Total, OMV, Eni and Statoil....
It appears the governance has shifted to east Libya. From this reporting Tripoli sounds like a shell of it's old self.
..."There are two institutions still working in Libya ... for the sake of Libya," Sanallah said, citing NOC and the central bank. "They are not on the side of any authority."...
The Libyan Civil War started in 2011 with the rise of a power structure in eastern Libya. It really appears as though they have won the war. If The West is approving of the eastern control of the national asset there has to be realization Tripoli is in chaos. There may have been a sovereign shift to the east. If the east can defend it's power structures and provide services to the people there is a new capital in Libya.
"Trade Arabia" is recognizing the reports by Reuters. In that could be a consensus of knowledge.
BENGHAZI, 1 hours, 32 minutes ago
The eastern Libyan state (click here) oil firm Agoco is producing between 250,000
barrels per day and 290,000 bpd, a company spokesman said, unchanged
from previous weeks....
The deployment of military assets is the act of a sovereign government. In this reporting the Benghazi based government acted to prevent arms to rebels. The Benghazi government is looking for stability. It all adds up to a shift in the power structure.
24 May 2015
Libyan jets have attacked an oil tanker (click here) off the coast near the city of Sirte that the Benghazi-based government said was carrying reinforcements and weapons for rebel fighters.
“Our jets warned an unflagged ship off Sirte city, but it ignored the warning,” Saqer al-Joroushi told Reuters. “We gave it a chance to evaluate the situation, then our fighting jets attacked the ship because it was unloading fighters and weapons.
“The ship now is on fire. We are in war and we do not accept any security breaches, whether by land, air or sea,” Jourushi said.
An oil industry official said the ship was a tanker carrying 25,000 tonnes of oil. He named the tanker as Anwar Afriqya....
Who are the players? NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS. Who is The West doing business with? That will tell the tale of the actual change in power structure. The rebels in Tripoli claiming to be Daesh may already be defeated only they don't know it.
...Libya remains gripped by a power struggle between two governments fighting for control, with the internationally recognised government operating out of the eastern city of Benghazi having lost control of the capital, Tripoli, to the rival grouping last year....
Supposedly, there is a constitutional process coming into force. Yes or no?
By Mary Fitzgerald
...During Muammar Qaddafi's 42 years in power, (click here) Libya had no formal constitution. Finding constitutional solutions to the country's myriad challenges, the prickliest of which include managing oil wealth, decentralisation, the role of religion and minority rights, will be no easy task.
The CDA's path has not been smooth: just under 500,000 of Libya's 3.4m eligible voters took part in the assembly elections, raising questions from the outset about its legitimacy and the document it was commissioned to draft. Boycotts by the Amazigh and Tebu minorities along with security problems on polling day left empty 13 of the CDA's 60 seats, which are divided equally between the three historic regions of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan. Eight of these were later filled in additional ballots. Ali Tarhouni, a liberal-leaning economist who lived in the United States for many years, was selected by his fellow members to head the CDA....
The deployment of military assets is the act of a sovereign government. In this reporting the Benghazi based government acted to prevent arms to rebels. The Benghazi government is looking for stability. It all adds up to a shift in the power structure.
24 May 2015
Libyan jets have attacked an oil tanker (click here) off the coast near the city of Sirte that the Benghazi-based government said was carrying reinforcements and weapons for rebel fighters.
“Our jets warned an unflagged ship off Sirte city, but it ignored the warning,” Saqer al-Joroushi told Reuters. “We gave it a chance to evaluate the situation, then our fighting jets attacked the ship because it was unloading fighters and weapons.
“The ship now is on fire. We are in war and we do not accept any security breaches, whether by land, air or sea,” Jourushi said.
An oil industry official said the ship was a tanker carrying 25,000 tonnes of oil. He named the tanker as Anwar Afriqya....
Who are the players? NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS. Who is The West doing business with? That will tell the tale of the actual change in power structure. The rebels in Tripoli claiming to be Daesh may already be defeated only they don't know it.
...Libya remains gripped by a power struggle between two governments fighting for control, with the internationally recognised government operating out of the eastern city of Benghazi having lost control of the capital, Tripoli, to the rival grouping last year....
Supposedly, there is a constitutional process coming into force. Yes or no?
By Mary Fitzgerald
...During Muammar Qaddafi's 42 years in power, (click here) Libya had no formal constitution. Finding constitutional solutions to the country's myriad challenges, the prickliest of which include managing oil wealth, decentralisation, the role of religion and minority rights, will be no easy task.
The CDA's path has not been smooth: just under 500,000 of Libya's 3.4m eligible voters took part in the assembly elections, raising questions from the outset about its legitimacy and the document it was commissioned to draft. Boycotts by the Amazigh and Tebu minorities along with security problems on polling day left empty 13 of the CDA's 60 seats, which are divided equally between the three historic regions of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan. Eight of these were later filled in additional ballots. Ali Tarhouni, a liberal-leaning economist who lived in the United States for many years, was selected by his fellow members to head the CDA....
