By: Thad McBride
On May 10, 2013, the U.S. State Department issued unusually practical guidance (the Guidance) on exporting to Libya. The Guidance, which even has a practical name – “Direct Commercial Sales of Defense Articles and Services to Libya”
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Suspect in Benghazi Attack Scoffs at U.S. – NYTimes.com
BENGHAZI, Libya Witnesses and the authorities have called Ahmed Abu Khattala one of the ringleaders of the Sept. 11 attack on the American diplomatic mission here. But just days after President Obama reasserted his vow to bring those responsible to…
What Happened In Benghazi | Power Line
So Hillary Clinton and the State Department unequivocally reject the account that Barack Obama and Joe Biden have given. It is hard to imagine what intelligence reports Obama could have received that blamed the YouTube video. He is lying, evidently.via…
Sen. Corker: Obama must have known what happened in Libya – Right Turn – The Washington Post
This morning, I spoke with Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who had just returned from Libya, about the Benghazi debacle. He was animated and clearly flabbergasted at the administration s reaction. It baffles me that the vice president of the United…
ABC News: No Protest Outside Libya Consulate Before Attack | RealClearPolitics
On ABC News' World News Tonight, Jonathan Karl breaks the news that there was no protest outside prior to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi."This is significantly different than what we were being told at the time.…
Journalists Arrested In Libya
The Iranian English language Press TV reports that two of its journalists have been arrested in Western Libya. Nicholas Davies and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson are currently being detained in Tripoli; Human Rights Watch reports that “efforts are underway to secure their…
International Sanctions – Updates to U.S. Sanctions Laws in 2011
By: David Gallacher and Thaddeus McBride
In 2011, the world experienced historic events, particularly with regard to the Arab Spring and the violent repression that followed in nations like Libya and Syria. 2011 witnessed the expansion of a number of…
OFAC Eases Restrictions on Transactions in Libya
In September, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”), part of the United States Treasury Department, eased restrictions on trade with Libya through two revised general licenses that were published under the Libyan sanctions program. A general third license…
Family Law Changes in Libya?
By Family Law
From BlueRidgeNow:
TRIPOLI, Libya — It was just a passing reference to marriage in a leader’s soberly delivered speech, but all week it has unsettled women here as well as allies abroad.
In announcing the success of the Libyan revolution
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Next Steps for Libya
The Libyan National Transitional Council today declared Libya liberated from the Gaddafi regime and set the country on a path toward multiparty elections and a democratic constitution. Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told the World Economic Forum yesterday that the NTC…