Oil&Gas Buisiness Issue Volume 13 | Page 60

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the Tubus in Chad . Their primary objective is the creation of a financial fund by marketing the petroleum they lay their hands on in the territories they control . But there is a United Nations resolution on the financing of terrorist groups , which condemns both parties involved in the selling and buying of petroleum stolen from countries . Both exporters and importers of petroleum are considered as criminals . Such trade is no longer possible as in the configuration of Syria and Iraq . Daesh will try to impose itself as a party to the solution in the Libyan crisis by putting pressure on the government with their capacity to do harm . Daesh hope to prevail in a generalized form of racketeering . Their initial line of force is to destroy petroleum facilities as a permanent threat and to ruin the economy and ensure the allegiance of all disgruntled people who suffer from the disintegration of the living conditions in the country . ACSRT welcomed UN resolution 2253 on the illegal trade of wealth , which concerns both petroleum and antiquities . The resolution addresses direct and indirect trade in petroleum products , modular refineries , and related materials , including chemicals . As part of this action ,
Libyan petroleum products are marked in the same way as in the Kimberley process for identification of diamonds .
Is military intervention against Daesh appropriate ? Libya is facing an international assault by Daesh . And this foreign force should be a unifying factor for the Libyan people . The country must handle its own security without outside interference . Interventions such as the Sebrata one , with bombing and collateral victims are likely to strengthen the positions of Daesh and to be interpreted as an “ aggression of the crusaders in
60 / OIL & GAS business / NUMÉRO 13 / mars 2016