Rebels capture Libyan oil port from Gadhafi forces

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

Rebels capture Libyan oil port from Gadhafi forces
(AP) – 4 hours ago

RAS LANOUF, Libya (AP) — Libyan rebels have captured the oil port town of Ras Lanouf from pro-Moammar Gadhafi forces, their first military victory in what could be a long, westward march from the opposition-held east of the country to the capital Tripoli.

Witnesses said on Saturday that Ras Lanouf, about 87 miles (140 kilometers) east of the Gadhafi stronghold of Sirte, fell to rebel hands on Friday night after a fierce battle with pro-regime forces who later fled.



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LIBYA: REBELS FIRE AT HELICOPTER AT RAS LANUF
Condividi
09:45 05 MAR 2011

(AGI) Ras Lanuf - Libyan rebels opened fire on a helicopter hovering above the Ras Lanuf oil plant this morning. The news comes from a Reuters reporter, who was at the scene, and says that there is no sign of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the city where the violent clashes took place on Friday, and that the situations appears calm. The regime denied having lost control of the area on Friday, but this morning, near an oil plant on the way into the city, there was a blockade controlled by rebels, watched over by half a dozen soldiers. To the question of whether the insurgents had taken control of the city, a soldier replied: "The whole city is 100% safe."

more:http://www.agi.it/english-version/world/elenco-notizie/201103050945-cro-ren1017-libya_rebels_fire_at_helicopter_at_ras_lanuf

[dipsydoodle]

1. I would assume

that in the presence of sanctions/an embargo no oil can leave Libya anyway. That is unless its just a sort of embargo. :sarcasm: