على زيدان رئيس وزراء ليبيا
اليوم السابع
(رويترز)
ذكرت محطة تليفزيونية ليبية، أن البرلمان الليبى صوت اليوم الثلاثاء، على سحب الثقة من رئيس الوزراء على زيدان.
الثلاثاء، 11 مارس 2014
ليبيا _ محتجون يحاولون اقتحام مكان انعقاد المؤتمر الوطني العام بفندق المهاري بطرابلس*
وكالة الانباء الليبية
طرابلس 11 مارس 2014 (وال) - حاول مجموعة من المواطنين المحتجين اليوم الثلاثاء ، اقتحام مكان انعقاد المؤتمر الوطني العام بفندق المهاري بطرابلس ، وذلك على خلفية الأنباء التي تواردت بمغادرة ناقلة النفط الكورية لميناء السدرة ، ودخولها إلى المياه الدولية . وذكرت مصادر من المؤتمر - لوكالة الأنباء الليبية - أن عناصر من الأمن الرئاسي ، تمكنوا من إقناع المحتجين بمغادرة مكان الاجتماع وعدم اقتحامه ، فيما واصل المؤتمر عقد اجتماعه . ..(وال)..
Libya _ Neo-Colonial Regime in Libya Faces War Over Oil Exports *
Pan African News
Neo-Colonial Regime in Libya Faces War Over Oil Exports
Saadi Gaddafi extradited from Niger cannot get fair trial three years after Pentagon-NATO bombings
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Editor, Pan-African News Wire
On March 19, 2011, the United States and allied NATO war planes began a massive bombing campaign against the North African state of Libya. Under the guise of protecting the lives of civilians, the imperialist war machine was unleashed onto a country of six million people.
Three years later the conditions for working and oppressed people in Libya is back to where it was under the monarchy of King Idris I who was installed by the Italian colonial regime which ruled the oil-rich nation between 1911-1951. Col. Muammar Gaddafi along with the Revolutionary Command Council overthrew the feudal system on September 1, 1969 and proclaimed Libya as a genuinely independent territory in solidarity with oppressed and struggling people throughout the world.
During the period of the Jamahiriya, the political system under Gaddafi after 1977, Libyan development strategies had created the highest standard of living of any other country in Africa. Libya’s support for national liberation movements and progressive governments around the world made it a target for successive U.S. administrations from Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan, who bombed Tripoli and Benghazi on April 15, 1986, to the current Obama government which justified the war in 2011 and created the conditions for the brutal assassination of Gaddafi.
Libya was producing 1.6 million barrels of oil per day during the Gaddafi era where today the flow of crude has been reduced to a near trickle. Disgruntled rebel factions and oil workers have shut down the ports in the east of country.
Since mid-2013 the situation has reached crisis proportions with threats by militias based in the eastern region where the counter-revolution against the Jamahiriya began in Feb. 2011. These eastern-based rebels have pledged to export oil without the permission of the U.S.-backed regime in Tripoli, the capital, in the western region of the country.
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and his weak constituency inside the so-called General National Congress (GNC) parliament do not have control of the strongest militias in the east. Even within the capital itself, the GNC parliament is often invaded and taken over by angry rebels who complain of payless paydays and other conditions prevailing under the existing political dispensation.
North Korean-flagged Tanker Threatened
Exemplifying the oil crisis, a standoff arose at the Es Sider terminal on port Ras Lanuf over the loading of a North Korean-flagged tanker. The Zeidan government in Tripoli warned the rebels at the eastern ports that they would destroy any vessel sailing away from Libya with oil shipments unauthorized by Tripoli.
Reuters news agency reported that “Libya's parliament has ordered a special force be sent within one week to ‘liberate’ all rebel-held ports in the volatile east, officials said on Monday, raising the stakes over a blockage that has cut off vital oil revenues. The rebels, who have seized three ports and partly control a fourth in the OPEC member country, said they had dispatched forces to deal with any government attack.” (March 10)
One eastern-based militia leader said "We have sent land forces to defend Cyrenaica to the west of Sirte ... and we also have boats patrolling regional waters," Essam al-Jahani, a member of the rebels' leadership group, told Reuters. The potential for a full blown military conflict between the forces loyal to the GNC in Tripoli and other western cities and the militias in the east are accelerating.
Later on March 10 another publication reported that a “Spokesperson for the General National Congress (GNC) Omar Hmaiden confirmed to the Libya Herald that the tanker, named Morning Glory, had been intercepted and was now being escorted to Misrata port. A shipping source said the tanker set sail with members of federalist groups operating under Ibrahim Jadhran on board. Morning Glory successfully sailed a few miles away from the coast before there was an exchange of fire with Libyan vessels.” (Libya Herald)
Much speculation has surrounded the North Korean-flagged vessel. It was not clear at the time of this writing whether the tanker was actually owned by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) or another country.
Nonetheless, by emphasizing that the oil tanker was North Korean-flagged the western press could be attempting to justify the aggressive stance taken by the regime based in Tripoli. Washington maintains a hostile position against the DPRK where it conducted joint military exercises recently on its borders with occupied Korea in the South.
Saadi Gaddafi Sent Back to Libya From Niger
Another son of the late Col. Gaddafi was extradited by the French and U.S.-backed regime in Niger. Saadi Gaddafi, a professional soccer player, had taken refuge in Niger in the aftermath of the collapse of his father’s government.
Niger is a major producer of uranium where the facilities are owned by the Areva firm based in France. At present the U.S. maintains a drone station in Niger as well as hundreds of Special Forces.
The Libyan rebel regime in Tripoli says that it will put Gaddafi on trial for alleged crimes committed in Benghazi during the early days of the counter-revolution in 2011. Saadi Gaddafi, unlike his brother, Seif, who is being held by a militia group in Zintan, is not wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Even though the ICC has a warrant out for the arrest of Seif al-Islam, the Netherlands-based entity, which focuses almost exclusively on African leaders, has backed away from any conflict with the GNC regime in Tripoli over the ongoing detention and possible trial of Gaddafi’s oldest son and political successor. Although Seif has been held by the rebels for over two years, he has still not been brought to trial.
Judicial institutions in Libya are virtually non-existent. Violence and targeted assassinations take place frequently without legal redress. Under such circumstances no top leaders of the previous government could get a fair and impartial trial.
The current social and security situation in Libya is a manifestation of the failure of Washington, London and Brussels in their regime-change project for Libya. Having flown 26,000 air missions over Libya between March and October of 2011, and deploying Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives along with Special Forces units from the allied regimes in Egypt and Qatar, these events have resulted in the destruction of any semblance of normality and stability inside the country.
It will take the organized will of the Libyan people to stabilize the country through a revolutionary movement designed to overthrow the U.S.-backed clique in Tripoli and other regions of the country. Several towns and cities in the South of Libya were seized by loyalist forces in recent months that are still committed to the Gaddafi-era form of politics and economics.
Based upon developments in Libya over the last three years it is quite obvious that the imperialist states which engineered the overthrow of the previous Jamahiriya government have no program for the reconstruction and unity of the once prosperous and respected state. Other states from Ukraine and Syria to Venezuela and Cuba are facing similar challenges necessitating a clear anti-imperialist stance on the part of progressive and left organizations based in the western industrialized states.
Neo-Colonial Regime in Libya Faces War Over Oil Exports
Saadi Gaddafi extradited from Niger cannot get fair trial three years after Pentagon-NATO bombings
By Abayomi Azikiwe
Editor, Pan-African News Wire
On March 19, 2011, the United States and allied NATO war planes began a massive bombing campaign against the North African state of Libya. Under the guise of protecting the lives of civilians, the imperialist war machine was unleashed onto a country of six million people.
Three years later the conditions for working and oppressed people in Libya is back to where it was under the monarchy of King Idris I who was installed by the Italian colonial regime which ruled the oil-rich nation between 1911-1951. Col. Muammar Gaddafi along with the Revolutionary Command Council overthrew the feudal system on September 1, 1969 and proclaimed Libya as a genuinely independent territory in solidarity with oppressed and struggling people throughout the world.
During the period of the Jamahiriya, the political system under Gaddafi after 1977, Libyan development strategies had created the highest standard of living of any other country in Africa. Libya’s support for national liberation movements and progressive governments around the world made it a target for successive U.S. administrations from Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan, who bombed Tripoli and Benghazi on April 15, 1986, to the current Obama government which justified the war in 2011 and created the conditions for the brutal assassination of Gaddafi.
Libya was producing 1.6 million barrels of oil per day during the Gaddafi era where today the flow of crude has been reduced to a near trickle. Disgruntled rebel factions and oil workers have shut down the ports in the east of country.
Since mid-2013 the situation has reached crisis proportions with threats by militias based in the eastern region where the counter-revolution against the Jamahiriya began in Feb. 2011. These eastern-based rebels have pledged to export oil without the permission of the U.S.-backed regime in Tripoli, the capital, in the western region of the country.
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and his weak constituency inside the so-called General National Congress (GNC) parliament do not have control of the strongest militias in the east. Even within the capital itself, the GNC parliament is often invaded and taken over by angry rebels who complain of payless paydays and other conditions prevailing under the existing political dispensation.
North Korean-flagged Tanker Threatened
Exemplifying the oil crisis, a standoff arose at the Es Sider terminal on port Ras Lanuf over the loading of a North Korean-flagged tanker. The Zeidan government in Tripoli warned the rebels at the eastern ports that they would destroy any vessel sailing away from Libya with oil shipments unauthorized by Tripoli.
Reuters news agency reported that “Libya's parliament has ordered a special force be sent within one week to ‘liberate’ all rebel-held ports in the volatile east, officials said on Monday, raising the stakes over a blockage that has cut off vital oil revenues. The rebels, who have seized three ports and partly control a fourth in the OPEC member country, said they had dispatched forces to deal with any government attack.” (March 10)
One eastern-based militia leader said "We have sent land forces to defend Cyrenaica to the west of Sirte ... and we also have boats patrolling regional waters," Essam al-Jahani, a member of the rebels' leadership group, told Reuters. The potential for a full blown military conflict between the forces loyal to the GNC in Tripoli and other western cities and the militias in the east are accelerating.
Later on March 10 another publication reported that a “Spokesperson for the General National Congress (GNC) Omar Hmaiden confirmed to the Libya Herald that the tanker, named Morning Glory, had been intercepted and was now being escorted to Misrata port. A shipping source said the tanker set sail with members of federalist groups operating under Ibrahim Jadhran on board. Morning Glory successfully sailed a few miles away from the coast before there was an exchange of fire with Libyan vessels.” (Libya Herald)
Much speculation has surrounded the North Korean-flagged vessel. It was not clear at the time of this writing whether the tanker was actually owned by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) or another country.
Nonetheless, by emphasizing that the oil tanker was North Korean-flagged the western press could be attempting to justify the aggressive stance taken by the regime based in Tripoli. Washington maintains a hostile position against the DPRK where it conducted joint military exercises recently on its borders with occupied Korea in the South.
Saadi Gaddafi Sent Back to Libya From Niger
Another son of the late Col. Gaddafi was extradited by the French and U.S.-backed regime in Niger. Saadi Gaddafi, a professional soccer player, had taken refuge in Niger in the aftermath of the collapse of his father’s government.
Niger is a major producer of uranium where the facilities are owned by the Areva firm based in France. At present the U.S. maintains a drone station in Niger as well as hundreds of Special Forces.
The Libyan rebel regime in Tripoli says that it will put Gaddafi on trial for alleged crimes committed in Benghazi during the early days of the counter-revolution in 2011. Saadi Gaddafi, unlike his brother, Seif, who is being held by a militia group in Zintan, is not wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Even though the ICC has a warrant out for the arrest of Seif al-Islam, the Netherlands-based entity, which focuses almost exclusively on African leaders, has backed away from any conflict with the GNC regime in Tripoli over the ongoing detention and possible trial of Gaddafi’s oldest son and political successor. Although Seif has been held by the rebels for over two years, he has still not been brought to trial.
Judicial institutions in Libya are virtually non-existent. Violence and targeted assassinations take place frequently without legal redress. Under such circumstances no top leaders of the previous government could get a fair and impartial trial.
The current social and security situation in Libya is a manifestation of the failure of Washington, London and Brussels in their regime-change project for Libya. Having flown 26,000 air missions over Libya between March and October of 2011, and deploying Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives along with Special Forces units from the allied regimes in Egypt and Qatar, these events have resulted in the destruction of any semblance of normality and stability inside the country.
It will take the organized will of the Libyan people to stabilize the country through a revolutionary movement designed to overthrow the U.S.-backed clique in Tripoli and other regions of the country. Several towns and cities in the South of Libya were seized by loyalist forces in recent months that are still committed to the Gaddafi-era form of politics and economics.
Based upon developments in Libya over the last three years it is quite obvious that the imperialist states which engineered the overthrow of the previous Jamahiriya government have no program for the reconstruction and unity of the once prosperous and respected state. Other states from Ukraine and Syria to Venezuela and Cuba are facing similar challenges necessitating a clear anti-imperialist stance on the part of progressive and left organizations based in the western industrialized states.
Libya reportedly paid some €2.8 billion for Saadi Gaddafi*
Libya
has been named as the primary source of the illegal weapons trade that
is fueling conflicts in at least 14 countries around the world, a final
report from the UN’s independent panel on Libya’s sanctions announced.
In a briefing to the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) on Monday, the Libya sanctions committee chair,
Rwandan Ambassador Eugene Gasana, noted that the post-Gaddafi government
is struggling to secure the country in which a number of armed tribal
militias denounce Tripoli’s authority.
“The panel noted that the control of
non-state armed actors over the majority of stockpiles in Libya as well
as ineffective border control systems remained primary obstacles to
countering proliferation and that Libya had become a primary source of
illicit weapons, including MANPADs [portable air defense systems],”
Gasana told the Council, as quoted by Reuters.
Unable to secure its borders, Libya has let weapons fall into the hands of radical elements on several continents, Gasana said.
“Transfers to 14 countries reflected a
highly diversified range of trafficking dynamics; and that trafficking
from Libya was fueling conflict and insecurity – including terrorism –
on several continents,” he said.
As of now, three ports in the country
are under full control of rebel groups. A special force has been ordered
by the country’s parliament to be sent next week to “liberate” all
rebel-held ports, which is crucial to sustaining Libya’s oil-rich export
economy that has been struggling to survive after the NATO invasion and
regime change.
The UN arms embargo was enacted on Libya
at the start of the unrest which eventually ousted former leader
Muammar Gaddafi. Last year, non-lethal equipment was allowed to enter
Libya when the UNSC eased its sanctions as the UN cautioned Tripoli
against the spread of weapons to nearby states.
The UNSC insisted that Libyan
authorities improve their monitoring record of arms supplied, sold, or
transferred to the government with the approval of the UN sanctions
committee. The panel found a number of violations of the arms embargo,
such as “non-notified” transfers of arms to government security forces
and transfers of weapons to the private market, Gasana said.
Gasana also pointed out that UN experts
discovered that some countries need better legislative capacity to
induce sanctions and implement asset freezes of the UNSC-generated list
of individuals.“One instance resulted in the dissipation of almost $2
million in funds that should have been frozen,” Gasana said.
Meanwhile, Libya’s UN envoy noted that exporting parties should bear responsibility when supplying Libyan authorities with arms.
“Any request for approval for exporting
weapons to Libya that is not done via the Libyan mission at the UN or
with the knowledge of this mission would be considered a request from a
party that does not belong to the Libyan government,” Ambassador Ibrahim
Dabbashi told the Security Council.
“The exporting party shall bear the responsibility for that before the Security Council,” he added.
In the meantime, the head of the UN
Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) warned the 15-member body that Libya
faces increased violence.
“Libya faces the risk of embarking on a
new trajectory of unprecedented violence,” as security and political
divisions deteriorate, Tarek Mitri told the UNSC.
Mitri pointed to the surge of attacks in
Sabha, located in the south of the country, which resulted in over 100
civilian deaths – including children – and the displacement of hundreds
of families as well as shortages of food, fuel, and medical supplies. In
the east, targeted assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings around
Benghazi have reached “intolerable” levels.
“Intense efforts to resolve differences
and negotiate an agreement on the management of the transitional period,
including the future of the General National Congress and the
Government, have not succeeded in bringing an end to the divisions that
have paralyzed the political process,” noted Mitri.
An “alarming” rise in attacks on
journalists has also been witnessed in recent months, Mitri told the
Council, with TV stations in Tripoli and Benghazi vandalized and a
number of journalists abducted.
- See more at: http://praag.org/?p=13317#sthash.G10NH2aa.dpufThe Libyan government is thought to have paid up to €2.8 billion for
Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, who was this week extradited from Niger.The son of the ousted despot, is best known for a brief career in Italian football as well as his playboy lifestyle, however the Libyan government led by Ali Zeidan suspects that Saadi was behind the deadly clashes in the southern city Sabha in January.
The 40-year-old, who is now in custody in Tripoli, fled to Niger after the 2011 uprising, which brought to an end his father’s 42-year reign.
Libya’s southern neighbour kept Saadi Gaddafi under house arrest in the capital Niamey, under the pretence that he would not interfere held in Libya’s internal affairs.
However, the Libyan government’s patience ran out after hundreds died in fierce clashes in southern Libya between tribes, government forces and Gaddafi loyalists.
Having evidence of Saadi’s hand behind these uprisings, the Libyan government asked for his extradition on the pretext that the agreement with Niger had been breached.
Rumours doing the rounds in Tripoli and social networks over the past few weeks, have it that Libya paid up to 5 billion Libyan dinars (€2.8 billion) after having pleaded for his extradition for months.
These demands were steadily rebuffed by Niger, who argued that it was harbouring Saadi Gaddafi on humanitarian grounds. However this week, Niger suddenly extradited Gaddafi, who was pictured in Tripoli in a blue prison jumpsuit.
The Libyan government has not announced any deal with Niger, as it had done on previous occasions, however it is thought that the €2.8 billion deal includes cash payments, investments and other forms of aid.
Mauritania deal
Since the 2011 uprising, Libya’s government has sought the extradition of several Gaddafi family members and henchmen, including that of Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, in January 2013.
Former Libyan deputy prime minister Mostafa Abu Shagur, who was in office at the time of al-Senussi’s extradition, denied that Libya had paid for it.
Instead he had said that a €150 million payment, made months after the extradition, was made in order to assist the Mauritanian economy.
Similarly, Libyan government officials denied last year that a €1.4 billion loan to Egypt had anything to do with the extradition of former Gaddafi officials days earlier.
However, Gaddafi’s cousin and ex-envoy to Egypt, Ahmad Gaddaf-el-Dam, remains in Egypt despite Tripoli’s attempts to secure his extradition.
Niger also extradited Abdallah Mansur, a former top intelligence official, to Libya in February 2014, however it is thought that no deal was brokered in his case.
Mansur was one of 15 other officials sent back to Libya after Niger accused them of plotting against the Ali Zeidan’s government.
The Gaddafi family
Saadi, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s seven sons, is accused of shooting protesters and other crimes committed during his father’s rule.
However, Libya’s highest-profile prisoner is Gaddafi’s second son Saif al-Islam, who has been held in the mountain town of Zintan since his capture in November 2011.
The rest of the family, including Muammar Gaddafi’s wife Saifa, his daughter Aisha and sons Muhammad and Hannibal, were granted political asylum in Oman in 2012, after moving there from Algeria where they found refuge during the civil war.
Muammar Gaddafi’s other sons, Saif al-Arab and Mutassim, were killed during the revolution, while reports of Gaddafi’s youngest son Khamis’s death have never been confirmed. The Libyan government is thought to have paid up to €2.8 billion for Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, who was this week extradited from Niger.
The son of the ousted despot, is best known for a brief career in Italian football as well as his playboy lifestyle, however the Libyan government led by Ali Zeidan suspects that Saadi was behind the deadly clashes in the southern city Sabha in January.
The 40-year-old, who is now in custody in Tripoli, fled to Niger after the 2011 uprising, which brought to an end his father’s 42-year reign.
Libya’s southern neighbour kept Saadi Gaddafi under house arrest in the capital Niamey, under the pretence that he would not interfere held in Libya’s internal affairs.
However, the Libyan government’s patience ran out after hundreds died in fierce clashes in southern Libya between tribes, government forces and Gaddafi loyalists.
Having evidence of Saadi’s hand behind these uprisings, the Libyan government asked for his extradition on the pretext that the agreement with Niger had been breached.
Rumours doing the rounds in Tripoli and social networks over the past few weeks, have it that Libya paid up to 5 billion Libyan dinars (€2.8 billion) after having pleaded for his extradition for months.
These demands were steadily rebuffed by Niger, who argued that it was harbouring Saadi Gaddafi on humanitarian grounds. However this week, Niger suddenly extradited Gaddafi, who was pictured in Tripoli in a blue prison jumpsuit.
The Libyan government has not announced any deal with Niger, as it had done on previous occasions, however it is thought that the €2.8 billion deal includes cash payments, investments and other forms of aid.
Mauritania deal
Since the 2011 uprising, Libya’s government has sought the extradition of several Gaddafi family members and henchmen, including that of Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, in January 2013.
Former Libyan deputy prime minister Mostafa Abu Shagur, who was in office at the time of al-Senussi’s extradition, denied that Libya had paid for it.
Instead he had said that a €150 million payment, made months after the extradition, was made in order to assist the Mauritanian economy.
Similarly, Libyan government officials denied last year that a €1.4 billion loan to Egypt had anything to do with the extradition of former Gaddafi officials days earlier.
However, Gaddafi’s cousin and ex-envoy to Egypt, Ahmad Gaddaf-el-Dam, remains in Egypt despite Tripoli’s attempts to secure his extradition.
Niger also extradited Abdallah Mansur, a former top intelligence official, to Libya in February 2014, however it is thought that no deal was brokered in his case.
Mansur was one of 15 other officials sent back to Libya after Niger accused them of plotting against the Ali Zeidan’s government.
The Gaddafi family
Saadi, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s seven sons, is accused of shooting protesters and other crimes committed during his father’s rule.
However, Libya’s highest-profile prisoner is Gaddafi’s second son Saif al-Islam, who has been held in the mountain town of Zintan since his capture in November 2011.
The rest of the family, including Muammar Gaddafi’s wife Saifa, his daughter Aisha and sons Muhammad and Hannibal, were granted political asylum in Oman in 2012, after moving there from Algeria where they found refuge during the civil war.
Muammar Gaddafi’s other sons, Saif al-Arab and Mutassim, were killed during the revolution, while reports of Gaddafi’s youngest son Khamis’s death have never been confirmed.
Libya is epicenter of illicit arms trade – UN*
Electronicresistance
Libya has been named as the primary source of the illegal weapons trade that is fueling conflicts in at least 14 countries around the world, a final report from the UN’s independent panel on Libya’s sanctions announced.
In a briefing to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday, the Libya sanctions committee chair, Rwandan Ambassador Eugene Gasana, noted that the post-Gaddafi government is struggling to secure the country in which a number of armed tribal militias denounce Tripoli’s authority.
“The panel noted that the control of non-state armed actors over the majority of stockpiles in Libya as well as ineffective border control systems remained primary obstacles to countering proliferation and that Libya had become a primary source of illicit weapons, including MANPADs [portable air defense systems],” Gasana told the Council, as quoted by Reuters.
Unable to secure its borders, Libya has let weapons fall into the hands of radical elements on several continents, Gasana said.
“Transfers to 14 countries reflected a highly diversified range of trafficking dynamics; and that trafficking from Libya was fueling conflict and insecurity – including terrorism – on several continents,” he said.
As of now, three ports in the country are under full control of rebel groups. A special force has been ordered by the country’s parliament to be sent next week to “liberate” all rebel-held ports, which is crucial to sustaining Libya’s oil-rich export economy that has been struggling to survive after the NATO invasion and regime change.
The UN arms embargo was enacted on Libya at the start of the unrest which eventually ousted former leader Muammar Gaddafi. Last year, non-lethal equipment was allowed to enter Libya when the UNSC eased its sanctions as the UN cautioned Tripoli against the spread of weapons to nearby states.
The UNSC insisted that Libyan authorities improve their monitoring record of arms supplied, sold, or transferred to the government with the approval of the UN sanctions committee. The panel found a number of violations of the arms embargo, such as “non-notified” transfers of arms to government security forces and transfers of weapons to the private market, Gasana said.
Gasana also pointed out that UN experts discovered that some countries need better legislative capacity to induce sanctions and implement asset freezes of the UNSC-generated list of individuals.“One instance resulted in the dissipation of almost $2 million in funds that should have been frozen,” Gasana said.
Meanwhile, Libya’s UN envoy noted that exporting parties should bear responsibility when supplying Libyan authorities with arms.
“Any request for approval for exporting weapons to Libya that is not done via the Libyan mission at the UN or with the knowledge of this mission would be considered a request from a party that does not belong to the Libyan government,” Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi told the Security Council.
“The exporting party shall bear the responsibility for that before the Security Council,” he added.
In the meantime, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) warned the 15-member body that Libya faces increased violence.
“Libya faces the risk of embarking on a new trajectory of unprecedented violence,” as security and political divisions deteriorate, Tarek Mitri told the UNSC.
Mitri pointed to the surge of attacks in Sabha, located in the south of the country, which resulted in over 100 civilian deaths – including children – and the displacement of hundreds of families as well as shortages of food, fuel, and medical supplies. In the east, targeted assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings around Benghazi have reached “intolerable” levels.
“Intense efforts to resolve differences and negotiate an agreement on the management of the transitional period, including the future of the General National Congress and the Government, have not succeeded in bringing an end to the divisions that have paralyzed the political process,” noted Mitri.
An “alarming” rise in attacks on journalists has also been witnessed in recent months, Mitri told the Council, with TV stations in Tripoli and Benghazi vandalized and a number of journalists abducted.
Libya has been named as the primary source of the illegal weapons trade that is fueling conflicts in at least 14 countries around the world, a final report from the UN’s independent panel on Libya’s sanctions announced.
In a briefing to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday, the Libya sanctions committee chair, Rwandan Ambassador Eugene Gasana, noted that the post-Gaddafi government is struggling to secure the country in which a number of armed tribal militias denounce Tripoli’s authority.
“The panel noted that the control of non-state armed actors over the majority of stockpiles in Libya as well as ineffective border control systems remained primary obstacles to countering proliferation and that Libya had become a primary source of illicit weapons, including MANPADs [portable air defense systems],” Gasana told the Council, as quoted by Reuters.
Unable to secure its borders, Libya has let weapons fall into the hands of radical elements on several continents, Gasana said.
“Transfers to 14 countries reflected a highly diversified range of trafficking dynamics; and that trafficking from Libya was fueling conflict and insecurity – including terrorism – on several continents,” he said.
As of now, three ports in the country are under full control of rebel groups. A special force has been ordered by the country’s parliament to be sent next week to “liberate” all rebel-held ports, which is crucial to sustaining Libya’s oil-rich export economy that has been struggling to survive after the NATO invasion and regime change.
The UN arms embargo was enacted on Libya at the start of the unrest which eventually ousted former leader Muammar Gaddafi. Last year, non-lethal equipment was allowed to enter Libya when the UNSC eased its sanctions as the UN cautioned Tripoli against the spread of weapons to nearby states.
The UNSC insisted that Libyan authorities improve their monitoring record of arms supplied, sold, or transferred to the government with the approval of the UN sanctions committee. The panel found a number of violations of the arms embargo, such as “non-notified” transfers of arms to government security forces and transfers of weapons to the private market, Gasana said.
Gasana also pointed out that UN experts discovered that some countries need better legislative capacity to induce sanctions and implement asset freezes of the UNSC-generated list of individuals.“One instance resulted in the dissipation of almost $2 million in funds that should have been frozen,” Gasana said.
Meanwhile, Libya’s UN envoy noted that exporting parties should bear responsibility when supplying Libyan authorities with arms.
“Any request for approval for exporting weapons to Libya that is not done via the Libyan mission at the UN or with the knowledge of this mission would be considered a request from a party that does not belong to the Libyan government,” Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi told the Security Council.
“The exporting party shall bear the responsibility for that before the Security Council,” he added.
In the meantime, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) warned the 15-member body that Libya faces increased violence.
“Libya faces the risk of embarking on a new trajectory of unprecedented violence,” as security and political divisions deteriorate, Tarek Mitri told the UNSC.
Mitri pointed to the surge of attacks in Sabha, located in the south of the country, which resulted in over 100 civilian deaths – including children – and the displacement of hundreds of families as well as shortages of food, fuel, and medical supplies. In the east, targeted assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings around Benghazi have reached “intolerable” levels.
“Intense efforts to resolve differences and negotiate an agreement on the management of the transitional period, including the future of the General National Congress and the Government, have not succeeded in bringing an end to the divisions that have paralyzed the political process,” noted Mitri.
An “alarming” rise in attacks on journalists has also been witnessed in recent months, Mitri told the Council, with TV stations in Tripoli and Benghazi vandalized and a number of journalists abducted.
ليبيا - مجموعة مسلحة تدخل سرت وتتمركز في المطار ^
ليبيا المستقبل - وال: صرح مصدر أمني مسؤول بمدينة سرت بأن مجموعة مسلحة دخلت إلى مدينة سرت من الجهة الشرقية مند عدة أيام وتمركزت عند البوابة الغربية لمطار سرت المدني وقاعدة القرضابية الجوية. وأضاف المصدر لمراسل وكالة الأنباء الليبية أن هذه المجموعة والمتكونة من 17 سيارة عسكرية مسلحة وخدمات تتبع لما يسمي بالمجلس العسكري لاقليم برقة موجودة حاليا داخل اسوار المطار والقاعدة.
ليبيا - عبدالجواد البدين: تصريحات أمريكا تصب الزيت على النار ^
ليبيا المستقبل - بوابة الوسط: رفض عضو مجموعة العمل الوطني عبدالجواد البدين، التصريحات التي أطلقتها الولايات المتحدة بخصوص ناقلة النفط "مونينغ غلوري"، والتي وصفها بأنها "صب الزيت على النار"، مشيرًا إلى أن هذه الدول لا تراعي إلا مصالحها الشخصية ولا تريد أن تحل مشاكل ليبيا بشكل سلمي. وقال البدين على "قناة ليبيا لكل الأحرار" أمس الاثنين: "إن المشهد الليبي لا يقتصر على حكومة أو مكتب سياسي، بل هناك أطراف أخرى غربية وعربية تسعى لجر البلاد إلى حرب أهلية"، مضيفًا: "هذه الدول ليست أحرص على مصالح ليبيا من الليبيين أنفسهم". وأشار البدين إلى أن مؤسسات الدولة الليبية الاقتصادية تُسرق وتُملَك لأحزاب وأجندات غير معروفة، مضيفًا "ملف النفط يجب أن يحل كأزمة ليبية ولا يسلم إلى حكومة تنتهكه وتقوم بسرقة أمواله". واتهمت الولايات المتحدة، أمس الاثنين، مسلحين ليبيين بسرقة النفط الليبي.
ليبيا - مصادر حكومية: ميناء الزواية الأقرب لاستقبال ناقلة النفط الكورية ^
ليبيا المستقبل - بوابة الوسط: رجحت مصادر ليبية مطلعة توجيه ناقلة النفط الكورية الشمالية المحملة بشحنة من النفط الليبي بالمخالفة للقانون إلى ميناء الزواية، مستبعدة نقلها إلى ميناء مصراتة. وأوضحت المصادر أن ميناء الزاوية يحتوي على مصفاة نفط تتيح تفريغ النفط الذي تحمله الناقلة، كما أن نقلها إلى هذا الميناء لن يثير أي حساسيات جهوية قد يُخشى أن يثيرها توجيه الناقلة إلى ميناء آخر.
ليبيا - الجضران يطلب مساعدة أميركا ^
ليبيا المستقبل: تقدم ابراهيم الجضران بطلب الي الولايات المتحدة لمساعدته في مواجهته مع الحكومة بعد استيلاء قواته علي موانئ نفطية في شرق البلاد، مضيفا في بيان له اليوم الثلاثاء ان مساعدة الولايات المتحدة ستكون محل ترحيب في مراقبته لصادرات لنفط وايراداتها من المنطقة الشرقية. ولازالت أزمة النفط حاضرة في ليبيا منذ ثلاثة أيام بسبب ناقلة نفط ترفع علم كوريا الشمالية رست في ميناء السدرة بدون اذن من الحكومة. وفي سياق متصل وصفت السفيرة الأمريكية ديبرا جونز أعمال القوات التابعة للجضران بأنها مخالفة للقانون وترقي الي مرتبة السرقة.
ليبيا - وزير الدفاع يلتقي مع القائم بالأعمال بالسفارة الباكستانية ^
ليبيا المستقبل: التقي وزير الدفاع بالحكومة المؤقتة عبدالله الثني، مع القائم بالأعمال والملحق العسكري بالسفارة الباكستانية بليبيا، لبحث تطوير العلاقات الثنائية بين البلدين بما يخدم مصلحة الطرفين. وأوضح القائم بالأعمال الباكستاني خلال هذا اللقاء الذي عُقد بمقر وزارة الدفاع أمس استعداد بلاده للتعاون من أجل بناء الجيش الليبي، معربا عن استعدادهم لتطوير التعاون في كافة المجالات. ومن جهته أكد الثني رغبة ليبيا في الاستفادة من الخبرات الباكستانية في المجالات العسكرية، وتطوير العلاقات الثنائية بين البلدين.
ليبيا _ أزمة ناقلة البترول في ليبيا تذكي المخاوف من تنامي السوق السوداء*
ليبيا المستقبل - وكالات: أذكت أزمة ناقلة النفط التي ترفع علم كوريا الشمالية وترسو حاليا في ميناء السدرة الليبي في خليج سرت الاستراتيجي المخاوف من تنامي تجارة النفط المهرب وتوسيع دائرة تداولات السوق السوداء للنفط، والتي يدريها سماسرة عالميون يستغلون الأحداث والاضطرابات الأمنية في بعض الدول التي تمر بحالة عدم استقرار سياسي وفلتان أمني يسمح لهذه الجماعات من الوصول الى منشآت نفطية تكون تحت سيطرة جماعات مسلحة ترغب في بيع النفط بطريقة غير مشروعة وبأسعار زهيدة للتزود بالمال أو السلاح.
ويعمد السماسرة الذين يعملون في مجال تهريب النفط الى السوق السوداء في عدد من مناطق العالم الى انتهاج حيل متعددة لتمرير الحمولات النفطية وتقنينها لتصل الى المستهلك النهائي وذلك من خلال تغيير بولصات الشراء وتغيير معالم ناقلة النفط عند وصولها الى عرض البحر ورفع أعلام دول عادة ما تكون غير تلك التي كانت ترفعها وقت تحميل الشحنات من الموانئ المستهدفة ويتم اختيار أعلام دول غير خاضعة للقوانين الدولية بهدف التهرب من المسؤولية القانونية في حالة السيطرة على مثل هذه الناقلات ومحاكمة طواقمها.
وحذر خبراء نفطيون من أن هذه الممارسات غير المشروعة تنعكس سلبا على أسواق الطاقة بالعالم حيث تؤدي الى حالة إرباك لمستوى العرض والطلب الذي عادة ما يكون وقتيا ولا يعكس واقع الإنتاج والاستهلاك وبالتالي يفضي الى تذبذب حاد لأسعار النفط ما يضر بنمو الاقتصاد العالمي. كما أن هذه العمليات والتي تصنف ضمن القرصنة الدولية تضر بالمنتجين وتؤثر على عائداتهم من النفط الخام لكون النفط المهرب عادة ما يباع بأسعار تصل الى 50 دولارا للبرميل بينما يباع في أسواق الطاقة بأكثر من 100 دولار للبرميل. وتقدر كميات النفط والغاز المهرب المتداولة في السوق السوداء في العالم بحوالي 53 مليار دولار سنويا.
ليبيا _ متري: غياب الاتفاق السياسي لإعادة بناء الجيش يعوق تعزيز دور الدولة*
ليبيا المستقبل
أ ش أ: طالب الممثل الخاص للأمين العام للأمم المتحدة في ليبيا طارق متري اليوم مجلس الأمن الدولي بالتحرك وادانة قيام الجماعات المسلحة بمحاصرة بعض الموانئ الليبية وقيامها بتصدير شحنات نفط غير مشروعة بعيدا عن سيطرة الدولة في طرابلس. وأكد طارق متري –في تصريحات للصحفيين عقب انتهاء جلسة مشاورات مجلس الأمن الدولي حول ليبيا اليوم-علي ادانته القوية لقيام جماعات مسلحة -تحاصر عددا من محطات وحقول النفط في شرق ليبيا منذ شهور طويلة – بتحميل النفط الليبي على متن سفينة ترفع علم كوريا الشمالية. وقال المسئول الأممي للصحفيين "إن هذا الإجراء يعد عملا غير قانونيا وينتهك سيادة ليبيا على موانيها البحرية وعلي مواردها الطبيعية "، مؤكدا علي أن غياب الاتفاق السياسي على إعادة بناء جيش وطني في ليبيا وإعادة إدماج المقاتلين الثوار وجمع الأسلحة، يعوق قدرة الدولة علي القيام بمسئولياتها الأمنية، مؤكدا علي أن حل تلك المشكلة سيتطلب وضع استراتيجية واضحة وتقديم ضمانات للثوار، تشمل الإقرار بمساهماتهم في الثورة وحماية حقوقهم ومصالحهم المشروعة. لكن طارق متري اعترف في تصريحاته للصحفيين بعجز مجلس الأمن الدولي عن ممارسة الضغوط علي الجماعات المسلحة التي تحاصر بعض الموانئ البحرية حاليا، وقال "إن مجلس الأمن ليس باستطاعته ممارسة الضغط الجماعات المسلحة التي تفرض سيطرتها علي موانئ النفط في ليبيا، لكن اذا اراد المجلس أن يتخذ موقفا، فإن بإمكانه أن يضغط علي الدول والجهات الخارجية التي تتعامل مع شحنات النفط غير المشروعة، وأن يدين بقوة الأجهزة والدول الخارجية التي تقف وراء ذلك". وحول الدور الذي تقوم به بعثة الأمم المتحدة للدعم في ليبيا "يونسميل"، قال طارق متري إن هناك ليبيين لديهم طموحات عالية للغاية بشأن ما يمكن أن تقدمه البعثة الأممية في ليبيا،خاصة فيما يتعلق ببناء المؤسسات وحماية المدنيين والأقليات، وفي المقابل هناك آخرون داخل ليبيا ينظرون بعين الشك والريبة لكل ما تقوم به بعثة "يونسميل" في بلادهم". وأعرب طارق متري عن عدم اهتمامه، بما سماها، مزاعم بعض وسائل الإعلام العربية والليبية بأن انحيازه لطرف علي حساب آخر في ليبيا، مؤكدا علي أن "كل ما أقوم به من لقاءات واجتماعات داخل ليبيا هو في سبيل احلال السلام في بلادهم". ونوه الممثل الخاص للأمين العام للأمم المتحدة في ليبيا طارق متري الي توقعاته بشأن أن يصدر مجلس الأمن الدولي في وقت لاحث اليوم بيانا يعرب فيه عن القلق وعن ادانته لعملية تصدير شحن نفط ليبية أمس الأول السبت، من قبل الجماعات المسلحة التي تسيطر علي بعض الموانئ النفطية في ليبيا منذ شهور.
ليبيا _ مبعوث للأمم المتحدة: ليبيا مصدر رئيسي للأسلحة غير المشروعة*
ليبيا المستقبل
(رويترز): قال مبعوث رواندا في الأمم المتحدة يوم الاثنين إن خبراء الأمم المتحدة يقولون إن ليبيا أصبحت مصدرا رئيسيا للتجارة غير المشروعة للأسلحة ومنها صواريخ تطلق من على الكتف وإنه يجري تهريبها إلى 14 بلدا على الأقل وتساهم في إذكاء الصراعات في بضع قارات. وأطلع السفير الرواندي ايوجين جاسانا الذي يرأس لجنة عقوبات ليبيا المنبثة عن مجلس الأمن التابع للأمم المتحدة المجلس المؤلف من 15 عضوا على التقرير الختامي للجنة خبراء مستقلة تراقب الانتهاكات لنظام العقوبات الذي تفرضه المنظمة الدولية. وقد فرضت الأمم المتحدة حظر أسلحة على ليبيا في بداية ثورة في عام 2011 أطاحت بمعمر القذافي. وتكافح الحكومة الهشة للبلاد للسيطرة على عشرات الميليشيات التي ساعدت في إسقاط نظام القذافي وتتحدى الآن سلطة الدولة. وقال جاسانا للمجلس "لاحظت لجنة الخبراء أن سيطرة عناصر مسلحة من غير الدولة على أغلبية مخازن الأسلحة وكذلك ضعف أنظمة مراقبة الحدود ما زالت هي العقبات الرئيسية أمام منع انتشار الأسلحة وأن ليبيا اصبحت مصدرا رئيسيا للأسلحة غير المشروعة ومنها انظمة الدفاع الجوي التي تحمل على الكتف." واضاف قوله "لاحظت اللجنة أيضا أن التحقيقات فيما يتصل بنقل أسلحة إلى 14 بلدا أظهرت وجود مجموعة متنوعة من أساليب التهريب وأن التهريب من ليبيا يذكي الصراعات وعدم الأمن بما في ذلك الإرهاب في بضع قارات." وقال سفير ليبيا لدى الأمم المتحدة إبراهيم الدباشي لمجلس الأمن إن "أي طلب للموافقة على تصدير أسلحة إلى ليبيا لا يتم من خلال البعثة الليبية في الأمم المتحدة وبمعرفة هذه البعثة سيعتبر طلبا لا يخص الحكومة اللييية." وأضاف قوله "ويتحمل الطرف القائم بالتصدير المسؤولية عن ذلك أمام مجلس الأمن." وقال جاسانا ان لجنة خبراء الأمم المتحدة وجدت أيضا أن بلدانا كثيرة تفتقر إلى السلطات التشريعية لتنفيذ تجميد الأموال على الأفراد والكيانات الذين يضعهم مجلس الأمن في القائمة السوداء. وقالت اللجنة إن عائشة ابنة القذافي وابنه محمد انتهكا حظر السفر الذي تفرضه الأمم المتحدة بسفرهما من الجزائر إلى سلطنة عمان قبل عام. وقالت عمان إنها منحت اللجوء لهما هما وبعض أفراد الأسرة الآخرين.
ليبيا _ وزير الخارجية : ليبيا لن تحيد عن دعمها الثابت والمستمر للشعب الفلسطيني وقضيته العادلة*
وكالة الانباء الليبية
طرابلس 11 مارس 2014 ( وال ) - أعلن وزير الخارجية والتعاون الدولى " محمد عبدالعزيز " ، أن ليبيا سوف لن تحيد عن دعمها الثابت والمستمر للشعب الفلسطيني وقضيته العادلة وتطلعاته المشروعة من أجل بناء دولة فلسطين المستقلة وعاصمتها القدس الشرقية. وأكد " عبد العزيز " - في كلمته في الاجتماع المشترك بين جامعة الدول العربية ولجنة الأمم المتحدة المعنية بحقوق الشعب الفلسطيني بالقاهرة على هامش اجتماع الدورة العادية ( 141 ) لمجلس الجامعة أمس - أن هذا الاجتماع ، يأتي استجابة لقرار الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة ، الذى نص على جعل سنة " 2014 " سنة دولية للتضامن مع الشعب الفلسطيني" . وأضاف " عبد العزيز " ، أن الجهود المبذولة لحشد التضامن الدولي يجب أن تأخذ بعين الاعتبار الثوابت التي أكدت عليها القيادة الفلسطينية في اجتماع المجلس الوزاري العربي بالقاهرة في شهر ديسمبر " 2013 " ، ومن ضمنها إيجاد حل عادل على أساس قرار مجلس الأمن رقم ( 194 ) . ..( وال )..
ليبيا _ وزير الثقافة: القوات البحرية تسيطر على ناقلة النفط الكورية الشمالية قبالة ميناء السدرة*
وكالة الانباء الليبية
طرابلس 11 مارس 2014 ( وال ) - أكد وزير الثقافة " الحبيب الأمين " أن قطع بحرية تابعة للجيش الليبي تسيطر حاليا على ناقلة النفط الكورية الشمالية "مورنينغ غلوري" قبالة ميناء السدرة بحوالي 10 أميال بحرية . وقال " الأمين " في مؤتمر صحفي عقده الليلة الماضية ، " قامت القوات البحرية بمحاصرة الناقلة قبالة ميناء السدرة بـ 10 اميال بحرية وتم الدخول إلى الناقلة لاخراجها من المكان إلا أن مشكلة فنية حدثت، ونتوقع خروج الناقلة من هناك في أي لحظة". وأوضح أنه حدثت مناوشات قليلة مع زوارق أخذت عنوة من مؤسسات الدولة هناك ، وتم ردها بكثافة نيران القوات البحرية، مشيرا إلى أن هذه المناوشات لم تسفر عن أي خسائر في الارواح بين الطرفين . كما أكد أن الناقلة النفطية مصانة ومحمية من القوات البحرية ولا أحد يستطيع الاقتراب منها، مشيرا إلى أن المجموعات المسلحة هناك حاولت مساء اليوم الاقتراب لكن تم صدها". وأشار إلى أن مجلس الوزراء لم تصدر عنه أي تصريحات بشأن تحرك السفينة إلى أي جهة، وقال إن هناك جهات أخرى صرحت أن السفينة تحركت لموانئ اخرى في محاولة لبث الفتنة بين الليبيين واضفاء الجهوية على هذه العملية التي هي بامتياز للجيش الليبي واركان البحرية. وأعرب عن أمله أن تنتهي العملية قريبا، لافتا إلى أن القوات البحرية تتعامل في هذه العملية بحساسية مفرطة لمحاولة الخروج بالناقلة بامن وسلام ودون ان تتعرض المنشآت النفطية هناك إلى أي أعطاب أو اضرار قد تنجم عن اي عمل عسكري". وحذر الوزير المجموعات المسلحة التي تسيطر على منطقة السدرة من اطلاق النار نظرا لأن المنشآت النفطية تحتوي على مواد شديدة الاشتعال، وقال إن إي عمل من هذا النوع سيزيد من وضع هذه المجموعات السيء أمام القانون. ..(وال)..
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