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...