A powerful car bomb outside the Radisson hotel in Tripoli was defused last night after a telephone tipoff. Three separate car bomb attacks in Benghazi killed a special forces officer and injured a Navy colonel, a senior security officer, and a civilian. A new head of the Petroleum Facilities Guard was appointed; Prime Minister Zeidan said “most interviewees did not want the job in present circumstances.” Export of oil and gas at the Zuetina port has been halted for over two weeks because of 10 armed protesters.
