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...Colorado trial involves attempted murder, Libya...
...being disbanded by Navy Rear Admiral Bobby Inman. Wilson tried to persuade Inman to save Task Force 157 by offering what Inman took to be a bribe; the admiral, offended, immediately decided to abolish the operation. In 1980 Wilson was indicted on charges of illegally shipping explosives to Libya. He has been a fugitive, mainly in Tripoli, since then. In a series of articles over the past five months, the New York Times has described how Wilson and former CIA Colleague Frank Terpil have supplied sophisticated technology and trained personnel to the Libyan armed forces. Much of their business...
...majority editorial serves as encouragement to the Soviet Union and other repressive regimes to act aggressively. It does not consider the conventional advantage the Soviets would have in the event of nuclear disarmament, nor does it seem frightened by the specter of other countries with nuclear capabilities, such as Libya, using blackmail to further their interests...
...face of declining demand, some OPEC prices have been tumbling. Members like Nigeria and Libya, which last January were demanding $40 and more for a barrel of their precious product, have been forced to cut rates in an effort to unload their crude. Nigeria slashed its prices twice, during the summer and autumn, to $34.50. Libya reduced its price by $1 per bbl., but sales still dropped by 60%. Underscoring the weakness in the world market, the big U.S. oil companies last week reported sharp profit drops for the period from July through September. Exxon's earnings fell...
...Saudi Arabia indicated that it will lower production immediately from 9.3 million bbl. per day to 8.5 million bbl. The only real disagreement at the session was over the various premiums that members could charge for their crude in addition to the new base price. Algeria and Libya, for example, will be permitted to demand $4 per bbl. more for their crude, while Nigeria can ask an additional...