Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. LIV
No 12
21-Mar-2011
LIBYA
Libya Combatants Wield Oil Weapon
Oil is emerging as a potential weapon in the increasingly violent conflict raging through Libya, as forces loyal to leader Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi continue to make military gains. However, a UN Security Council resolution passed to impose a no-fly zone and all necessary measures to prevent loss of civilian life could see the regimes advances blunted and even reversed.
In the lead-up to the vote...
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