Libya Mostly Independent Media Newslinks for 7 March 2011

7 March 2011 — creative-i.info

Morgan Stanley cancels all Libya oil trade: source
Reuters
By Emma Farge LONDON (Reuters) –
Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley has stopped trading oil with Libya, a trade source said on Monday, in an early indication that US sanctions could further hit exports from the north African producer. …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/07/us-libya-morgan-idUSTRE7264C820110307

Sources: US, UK, France work on possible Libya no-fly zoneCNN (blog)
France, Britain, and the United States are working on a draft text that includes language on a no-fly zone over Libya, diplomatic sources at the United Nations said Monday. The possible resolution will deal with triggers rather than timelines, …
news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/07/sources-u-s-uk-france-work-on-possible-libya-no-fly-zone/

Obama says US, allies considering possible military responses in Libya
USA Today
By David Jackson, USA TODAY
President Obama warned Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his aides today that they will be held accountable for war crimes, and that the US and NATO are considering possible responses that include potential military action. …
content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/03/obama-says-us-libya-considering-possible-military-responses-in-libya/1

NATO Says ‘No Intention’ of Intervening in Libyan Uprising
Voice of America
A top NATO official says the alliance has “no intention” for the time being of intervening in Libya’s anti-government uprising. But in a news conference Monday at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance …
www.voanews.com/english/news/NATO-Says-No-Intention-of-Intervening-in-Libyan-Uprising-117522018.html

UN and partners launch humanitarian aid appeal for Libya crisis
UN News Centre
7 March 2011 – The United Nations and its partners today launched a $160 million appeal to address humanitarian needs arising from the crisis in Libya, where the Government’s violent crackdown against protesters demanding the ouster of Muammar …
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37695&Cr=Libya&Cr1=

GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil, gold hit records, stocks fall on Libya
Reuters
By Walter Brandimarte NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) –
Crude oil prices jumped
to a 2-1/2-year peak and gold hit an all-time high on Monday as investors worried that widening unrest in Libya could spread to other oil-producing nations in the Middle East. …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/07/markets-global-idUSN076147420110307

Gas: California Has Most Expensive Average at $3.90
ABC News
By SUSANNA KIM
As hostilities continued in Libya, crude oil futures reached $106.95 a barrel in early trading today, according to the New York Mercantile Exchange, up $2.53 from Friday’s settled price of $104.42. Analysts expect the Department of …
abcnews.go.com/Business/oil-prices-continued-hostilities-libya-oil-nears-107/story?id=13074764

‘Someone in Libya is still watching YouTube’
Washington Post (blog)
As we noted last week, Internet service has been shut down in Libya, but the implementation is quite different from the Internet blackout put in place by Hosni Mubarak’s regime last month. Rather than cutting off traffic at the router level, the Libyan …
blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/07/someone_in_libya_is_still_watching_youtube

Libya crisis pushes oil prices to two-year high; US gas price spike likely
New York Daily News
The Libyan crisis pushed oil prices Monday to a two-year high, moving above $106 a barrel. Stocks prices fell, as a result, on fears that a prolonged cut in crude exports from Libya could hurt the economic recovery by raising manufacturing and …
www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/03/07/2011-03-07_libya_crisis_pushes_oil_prices_to_twoyear_high_us_gas_price_spike_likely.html

Miners drag FTSE lower as Libya fighting intensifies
Reuters
Crude oil prices were higher, with Brent LCOc1 above $116 a barrel, as fighting intensified in Libya, and with its resulting effect on inflation investors worried that the fragile global economic recovery could be derailed. [ID:nLDE7260G5] “The FTSE …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/07/markets-britain-stocks-idUSLDE7261Z620110307

Libya’s Hysteria Over African Mercenaries – The Daily Beast
By Babak Dehghanpisheh
Fear of foreign hired guns has led to attacks on dark-skinned Africans in Libya, but the reality is murky—many of the men may have come to the country seeking construction jobs, reports Babak Dehghanpisheh.
www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-03-06/libyas-hysteria-over-african-mercenaries/
Libya: The Freedom Flag Flies Over Misurata (Videos) · Global Voices
By John Liebhardt
We take a look at how action unfolded via Twitter in the site of one of its biggest battles, Misurata, Libya’s third largest city with a population around 380000 that sits about 200 kilometers east of Tripoli. …
globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/07/libya-the-freedom-flag-flies-over-misurata-videos/

The Volokh Conspiracy “ Stephen Walt on Libya
By David Bernstein
Not to mention his call for closer U.S.-Libya ties, which seems to have been the point of all the Libyan p.r. offensive. And all based on a total of at most 31 hours in the country, including sleeping, getting to and from the airport, …
volokh.com/2011/03/06/stephen-walt-on-libya/

Oil Prices Soar Again As Libya Violence Escalates
By The Huffington Post News Editors
(AP) Oil prices climbed to near $106 a barrel Monday as intense fighting between Libyan government forces and rebels appeared to be turning into a civil war and raised the prospect of a prolonged cut in crude exports from the OPEC …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/07/oil-prices-soar-again-as-_n_832163.html

Opposition repels onslaught as Libyan government declares …
Opposition forces claimed a major victory Sunday in Libya, managing to block an onslaught by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s troops and maintain control of …
articles.cnn.com/2011-03-06/world/libya.conflict_1_opposition-forces-moammar-gadhafi-heavy-artillery?_s=PM:WORLD