Mohammed Al Douri, a leading Islamist in Derna who was an associate of wanted ex-Gitmo detainee and Ansar al Sharia leader Sufian Bin Qumu, was shot dead on March 17; a Benghazi group has reportedly begun killing extremists on its “hit list.” Gunmen in Tripoli kidnapped a former Interior Ministry official. An officer in the army’s high readiness unit was assassinated in Tripoli; his brother was attacked last week. The UN voted to impose sanctions for the illegal export of oil from Libya. Ibrahim Jadhran urged the Arab League to intervene on behalf of Cyrenaica federalists over the oil tanker affair.
