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Libyan aircraft crashes after troops refuse bombing orders
Tobruk, Libya (CNN) -- Even as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi called on the military to crack down on anti-government protesters, reports came in Wednesday that a military aircraft had crashed because the crew refused to carry out bombing orders.
An opposition figure told CNN the pilot had been ordered to bomb oil fields southwest of Benghazi but refused and instead ejected from the plane.
The Libyan newspaper Quryna reported that two people were on board, and that both -- the pilot and co-pilot -- parachuted out, allowing the plane to crash into an uninhabited area west of Ajdabiya, 160 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of Benghazi. The newspaper cited military sources.
Quryna itself is a sign of the changes sweeping through Libya. When protests began last week, it carried regime propaganda. But it later reported on the protests and casualty figures.
CNN could not confirm reports for many areas in Libya. The Libyan government maintains tight control on communications and has not responded to repeated requests from CNN for access to the country. CNN has interviewed numerous witnesses by phone.
A Libyan Arab Airlines plane was denied permission to land in Malta on Wednesday, Maltese government sources said. Permission was denied for "clearance reasons," because officials did not know who was on board, the sources said.
Oil prices are sure to sharply rise. Take a note of this. Just today oil price per barrel has risen.
Oil at two-year high as Libya on edge of civil war - Yahoo! News
In a matter of months I wouldn't be surprised if the sustained destabilization and sabotage caused by foreign hands in ME and NA, result in oil price per barrel rising up to $150 if not beyond, the impact will be crippling. Sounds crazy I know. Crazy is the name of the game.
Ah, but Libya sells its oil via long-term arrangements, not the market. Political disruptions means these companies that aren't usually active buyers now have to turn to the market for supplies. Hence disruptions to Libya's oil flow affect the oil market more severely than, say, an equivalent disruption from Venezuela or Mexico.Pure speculative inflation by the traders handling oil futures. Libya supplies around 2% of world's oil -
Doubtless they would bomb Gadafi if they could. The U.S. did try doing so back in 1986. Doubtless a lot of Libyans, living and dead, wish we had succeeded.wonderfull they did this for their country
I wasn't aware of that. That could be a possible reason.Ah, but Libya sells its oil via long-term arrangements, not the market. Political disruptions means these companies that aren't usually active buyers now have to turn to the market for supplies. Hence disruptions to Libya's oil flow affect the oil market more severely than, say, an equivalent disruption from Venezuela or Mexico.
Now Gaddafi is a "good boy" for giving up his nuclear weapons program and ratting on Pakistan. That made him untouchable by the U.S. and Britain. So it looks like the Libyans are going to have to do this revolution without U.S. help.