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In a statement released last week, the rebels reported on the results of a meeting held on March 19. Among other things, the supposed rag-tag revolutionaries announced the “[d]esignation of the Central Bank of Benghazi as a monetary authority competent in monetary policies in Libya and appointment of a Governor to the Central Bank of Libya, with a temporary headquarters in Benghazi.”
Newman quoted CNBC senior editor John Carney, who asked, “Is this the first time a revolutionary group has created a central bank while it is still in the midst of fighting the entrenched political power?
Originally posted by budski
Protecting national interests overseas?
Or economic imperialism?
Originally posted by Yissachar1
I watched an ITN report of a child who was hit by gaddaffi shells. He looked dazed and blooded. He died of his injuries whilst being filmed. Its about him.. Also, the initial anti gaddaffi protest resulted in mass deaths by gaddaffi. Its about them. It is about a regime who would kill anyone who spoke out about them. I do not deny that oil plays a part, but i doubt our pilots think that. Its about saving lives and i am proud my country is playing its part
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Originally posted by Yissachar1
I watched an ITN report of a child who was hit by gaddaffi shells. He looked dazed and blooded. He died of his injuries whilst being filmed. Its about him.. Also, the initial anti gaddaffi protest resulted in mass deaths by gaddaffi. Its about them.
Originally posted by Yissachar1
I watched an ITN report of a child who was hit by gaddaffi shells. He looked dazed and blooded. He died of his injuries whilst being filmed. Its about him.. Also, the initial anti gaddaffi protest resulted in mass deaths by gaddaffi. Its about them. It is about a regime who would kill anyone who spoke out about them. I do not deny that oil plays a part, but i doubt our pilots think that. Its about saving lives and i am proud my country is playing its part
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Originally posted by Yissachar1
Reply to post by pshea38
I do not support the "war on terror" and neither does the vast majority of this country, but i do support this. Benghazi would be a blood bath now if not for us so take your right on comments and shove them in that sweet spot you are talking out of.
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Originally posted by pshea38
Originally posted by Yissachar1
Reply to post by pshea38
I do not support the "war on terror" and neither does the vast majority of this country, but i do support this. Benghazi would be a blood bath now if not for us so take your right on comments and shove them in that sweet spot you are talking out of.
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Sure it would mate. And you keep believing what your honourable beeb spoonfeeds you,
like a good, robotic, unquestioning little child. Just like the US, ye feign to be the solution to all the
worlds woes, when in fact ye are, and have always been, the problem.
BTW.. there are no real, actual battles ongoing in libya. All we are shown is faked
propaganda, as is par for the course these days, to justify intervention in a sovereign
nations political ideology. This is all about bringing every country on earth under the
auspices of a world banking system, to pave the way for the imminent new world order.
Now your turn to shove that in your not so sweet, sweaty, spotty crease.
edit on 14-4-2011 by pshea38 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Yissachar1
I watched an ITN report of a child who was hit by gaddaffi shells. He looked dazed and blooded. He died of his injuries whilst being filmed.
Tarhouni, a U.S. based academic and exile opposition figure, was designated last week by the Benghazi-based national council to steer its financial and oil policy.
He said the rebel leadership had set up an escrow account monitored by auditors that would be used to receive revenues from oil sales.
The rebels also plan to take out loans backed by Libya's sovereign wealth fund, he said.
"We would keep the fund frozen until the entire country is liberated," said Tarhouni. "Instead, what we will do is take loans backed by the sovereign fund."
He said he saw no serious liquidity problems for the rebels, who were well placed in terms of foreign currency reserves. (Writing by Edmund Blair and Tom Pfeiffer in Cairo; Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton and David
Ali A. Tarhouni, a senior lecturer in the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, has been named finance minister by the Libyan opposition national council. The group is arranging a transitional government in the event Moammar Gadhafi is ousted from power.
“Tarhouni understands the Western mentality,” opposition spokeswoman Iman Bugaighis told Reuters. Rita Zawaideh, owner of Caravan-Serai Tours in Seattle and a friend of Tarhouni, confirmed that he has been named to the post.
“We hope Ali and his relatives are safe and not in harm’s way. We're also proud to have one of our longtime faculty members playing a significant role in Libya’s transitional government,” said James Jiambalvo, dean of the Foster School.
Tarhouni, 60, holds a doctorate in economics and finance from Michigan State University.
* Rebel official sees oil shipments within a week
* Says rebel-held eastern Libya has no money problems
* Sees Brega terminal operating again for domestic supply
(Adds detail)
By Alexander Dziadosz
BENGHAZI, Libya, March 27 (Reuters) - A senior Libyan rebel official said on Sunday Gulf oil producer Qatar had agreed to market crude oil produced from east Libyan fields which are no longer in the control of Muammar Gaddafi.
"We contacted the oil company of Qatar and thankfully they agreed to take all the oil that we wish to export and market this oil for us," said Ali Tarhouni, a rebel official in charge of economic, financial and oil matters.
"Our next shipment will be in less than a week," Tarhouni told reporters in the rebel-held eastern city of Benghazi.
State-owned Qatar Petroleum said it had no comment.