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| Fuel tanks hit in clashes near Libyan airport |
| 2014-07-24 |
| [AF.REUTERS] Fuel storage tanks that supply Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... were hit on Wednesday in festivities between rival Libyan militias, igniting a huge blaze near the international airport. More than 40 people have been killed in some of the worst violence in the capital since the 2011 war that ousted Muammar Qadaffy ...Custodian of Wheelus AFB for 42 long years until he was ejected from the gene pool by his indignant citizens... , as rival brigades of former fighters battle with rockets and mortars for control of the airport. Firefighters used foam spray to douse the flames at the fuel storage facility, bringing the blaze under control. Officials said only a semi-full tank had been hit by a shell. Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi have faced days of heavy street fighting among armed brigades and militias who once battled Qadaffy and now want to claim what they see as their rightful share of power in post-war Libya. A twin suicide kaboom at a Libyan army base in Benghazi killed at least four solders on Tuesday, in an escalation of festivities between Islamist Lions of Islam and regular forces battling to oust them from the eastern city. Libya's fragile government, with no strong standing army of its own and hamstrung by political infighting, is struggling to impose order on the vast North African OPEC oil producer whose turmoil threatens to spill over its borders. In another blow to the government, Libya's oil production has fallen this week, eroding increases since April in revenue for the state after officials managed to negotiate an end to a blockade of vital oil ports. A front man for the National Oil Corporation said production on Monday had been at 450,000 barrels per day down from 555,000 bpd a few days earlier, partly because El-Feel oilfield had reduced output due to the festivities in Tripoli. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 What does FAA says about flying to Libya? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-07-24 13:38 |
| #3 Ah, but the question is: Is Fwance getting their money's worth for the kinetic action? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-07-24 11:21 |
| #2 Yes, that Responsibility to Protect certainly worked out well, didn't it. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-07-24 10:52 |
| #1 A close friend of mine in Libya sent me a video of the explosion captured on a security camera. The blast was enormous. The fuel made a gigantic fuel air mixture bomb out of the storage tanks and the fireball, I estimate was over 400 yards wide. The fireball engulfed several dozen automobiles on the airport road and it did not look good. I had hope Libya would eventually become something like adult supervision in North Africa but we've jacked this one up big time leaving the country and its citizens to the devices of the militias and the fanatics. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-07-24 10:39 |