The leader of Libya’s rebellion has issued a thinly veiled warning to countries that have failed to support the uprising against Muammer Gaddafi that they could be denied access to Libya’s vast oil riches if the regime is deposed.
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the opposition National Council, told the Financial Times that any post-Gaddafi leadership would adjust Libya’s oil policies “according to the positions countries are taking towards Libya in these difficult times”.
The threat came as forces loyal to the Gaddafi regime continued to push back rebel fighters in eastern Libya on Sunday, driving them out of the strategic oil town of Brega.