Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. LIV
No 19
9-May-2011
LIBYA
Benghazi Opposition Appeals For $3Bn As Tripoli Intensifies Repression
Libyas Benghazi-based rebels have appealed for up to $3bn from Tripolis frozen assets to fund vital services. Around $1.5bn of this is for urgent running costs, Reuters quoted a rebel spokesman as saying.
We need this for medical supplies, for food supplies, to keep the minimum functions of normal life electricity, running hospitals etc, Mahmud Shammam said on...
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