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Libya suspends oil sales to Switzerland after arrest Gaddafi

telegraph.co.uk — Libya has suspended oil sales to Switzerland to avenge the arrest of a son of Col Muammar Gaddafi in Geneva. The move by Libya, an OPEC member, was intended to increase pressure on energy-importing Switzerland in a row over the July 15 arrest in of Hannibal Gaddafi, who together with his wife was charged with ill-treatment of two domestic employees

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  • mateoberry, on 07/26/2008, -0/+5"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."
  • BillE3, on 07/26/2008, -0/+2Now that we are importing around 70% of our oil from people that do not like us, this could happen here for just as trival an incident.
  • Tangaroa, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Heh, Switzerland isn't neutral enough for the fundies. And here I was under the impression that Gaddafi had mellowed out over the years.
  • user500, on 07/27/2008, -0/+2Unfortunately, the swiss don't buy oil making the story irrelevant.
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