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Archive Home > 2011 > May > 18 > Libyan oil minister defects

Libyan oil minister defects

By Diaa Hadid and Bouazza Ben Bouazza / The Bulletin
May 18, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya — Another high-ranking Libyan official has defected and fled the country amid a widening NATO campaign of bombings as well as leafletting and other psychological warfare to persuade Moammar Gadhafi’s troops to stop fighting.

Shukri Ghanem, the Libyan oil....

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