In its coming issue out Friday, DEBKA-Net-Weekly outlines Muammar Qaddafi's war plans for his opponents – at home and abroad. With a war chest stuffed with petrodollars, the Libyan ruler is capable of venting his fury by making a bonfire of oil and gas pipelines and facilities across the Middle East. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly,click here Muammar Qaddafi succeeded Wednesday, Feb. 23, in clearing the streets of Tripoli and southern and western Libya of demonstrations against his rule – partly by threats and partly thanks to American and European failure to put up a military or diplomatic strategy for cutting him down. For now, he has firmed up his control in those areas. The US State Department was "looking at" possible sanctions against the Qaddafi regime, but there were no specifics.
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This special issue also contains a behind-the-scenes survey of the crises bedeviling Middle East regimes or looming over them – with a close-up of Saudi Arabia.
DEBKAfile Special Report
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Qaddafi may turn his oil barrel into a powder keg
February 23, 2011, 2:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
Qaddafi wrote his own constitution, the Green Book
Qaddafi firms grip, prepares to retake Cyrenaica
February 23, 2011, 8:28 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tripoli lulled by Qaddafi's iron fist, weak Western response
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