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June 2, 2011

Gaddafi's Oil Minister Defects Over "Unbearable" Conflict 
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The oil minister for Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan government has
defected, citing the "daily spilling of blood." Speaking in Italy,
Shokri Ghanem expressed support for the Libyan rebels opposing Gaddafi.

Shokri Ghanem: "With this situation, which is unbearable, one cannot
continue working and therefore I left the country and I decided also to
leave my job and to join the choice of the Libyan youth to create a
modern constitutional state, respecting the human rights and building
for a better future for all Libyans."



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