After a lot of conflicting reports on the fate of the North Korea-flagged Morning Glory yesterday, the picture is starting to become clear, and Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been fired as a result of what happened.
As reported yesterday, the Morning Glory was captured by the Libyan Navy, but it didn’t stay captured for long. Much smaller Libyan Navy escort ships, designed only for coastal waters, lost the ship pretty quickly en route to the port, as poor weather allowed the Morning Glory to move into international waters.
It didn’t escaped unscathed, according to Libyan MPs. They say the tanker was hit with a missile on its way into international waters, and is now on fire. How bad the fire is remains unclear, but the ship is out of the reach of the Libyan Navy.
The fiasco led to a no-confidence vote and the ouster of Zeidan. He will be replaced in the interim by Defense Minister Abdallah Thinni, who has taken an even more hostile stand on the ship. Zeidan has since fled the country.
Over the weekend, Thinni ordered the Air Force to destroy the Morning Glory with bombs, but the Air Force refused, citing concerns about the civilian and environmental impact of blowing up a ship with some $36 million in oil already loaded.
Did the north Korean ship do anything wrong? Or is it being hounded just because it exists?
Did the north Korean ship do anything wrong? Or is it being hounded just because it exists?
How many PM is been changed in Libya thus far? The French and English mafia-liberal fascism was telling the world that first Libyan PM is the man of their choice for very long time, is it that very long time time?
How exactly does an oil tanker 'escape' at sea? They're not the speediest boats in the water, and not exactly stealthy and radar-evading. If the Libyans were serious about taking custody of the Morning Glory, one would think they would have dispatched a boarding party to bring it to heel and brought it to port with a prize crew at the helm.
How many armed men can one fit in a row boat?
LOL enough to board and capture a civilian oil tanker, I'm sure! If relatively small prize crews were good enough for the days of sailing ships and the world wars, I'm sure they can figure it out today with the much better chase boats and weaponry available.
What a disaster. What Libya used to be and what it has become! The UN SC should be ashamed for giving any kind of green light to destroy the country. Civil war would have been blessing to this rule by thousands of gangs. Even Syria is better off. In poor Libya any semblance of normal life has been destroyed.