[url]http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/uk-libya-oil-un-idUKBREA2I1WT20140319[/url]
[quote]The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday authorized countries to board ships suspected of carrying oil from Libyan rebel-held ports, days after U.S. naval forces seized an oil-laden tanker that sailed from a rebel zone in chaotic eastern Libya.
Libya's central government and rebel leader Ibrahim Jathran are locked in a long-running standoff over a blockade of three oil ports Jathran's men took over last summer to press for eastern autonomy and a greater share of the country's oil revenues.
The Tripoli-based government has given Jathran's group, which has attempted to export oil on its own, two weeks to clear out of the ports or face a military offensive to end the port blockage, which has crippled the OPEC member country's finances.
The 15-member U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a legally binding resolution that "condemns attempts to illicitly export crude oil from Libya," and authorizes U.N. member states to board ships with contraband Libyan oil and return the crude to the government.[/quote]
When the rebel leader [url=http://www.libyaherald.com/2014/03/18/jadhran-calls-on-arab-league-to-intervene-in-oil-tanker-affair/#axzz2wSqzNILm]appealed for international intervention[/url], I don't think this was what he had in mind :v:
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