Libya: Rice, Oil, Gas and Foreign Investment

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US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice arrived in Libya today, where she will be meeting with Libyan leader Muammar Al Gaddafi, who was once described by President Ronald Reagan as “the man dog in the Middle East.” The visit, the first by a US Secretary of State in more than 50 years, was welcomed by one blogger, but raised questions among others. 美國國務卿萊斯在今天抵達利比亞，她將在此行與利比亞領袖Muammar Al Gaddafi會面，雷根總統曾經形容Muammar Al Gaddafi為「中東狗人」。萊斯是五十年來第一位造訪利比亞的美國國務親，一位部落客對她表示歡迎，但是在其他部落客中卻引發更多疑問。

On the Edge runs the headline: Hell Has Finally Frozen Over. On the Edge下了一個標題：困境終究冰釋

USA Secretary Of State Condoleeeza Rice is visiting Libya today to meet with Gaddafi, so reports Reuters news service . So , I guess this means that Hell has finally frozen over ! 美國國務卿萊斯將在今天拜訪利比亞，並與Gaddafi會面，路透社如此報導。所以，我猜這意味著僵局終究冰釋！

The American blogger who is married to a Libyan and lives there, talks about rumours of an American Embassy opening in Tripoli. 一位與利比亞人結婚並居住於此的美國部落客，談到美國大使館將在Tripoli設立的謠傳。

   There are all sorts of rumors of a embassy opening with a actual ambassador to go in it … soon . That's the what we have been told . It will be a full service embassy , that means women like me , married to a Libyan national will be able to get service too , not just the mainland US citizens that are working here for American companies

有各種關於大使館要設立傳言，而且很快...將有位大使會進駐。那是我們所被告知的。將會有一個提供所有服務的大使館，這表示像我這種嫁到利比亞的女人也可以得到服務，而不只是一些從美國來的公民，在這裡工作服務美國公司。

   This will be a exciting improvement over the past , after the way we have been treated , like a step child hidden in the attic . If you can picture happy dancing , then you see many of the American women married to Libyans happy to know maybe now we be counted as a citizen again by our own country … even though we live here in Libya.

這將會是過去幾年來最令人興奮的進展，以前我們受到的待遇，就像繼子被塞在閣樓房間裡一樣。如果你可以描繪一幅快樂跳舞的景象，你會看到許多嫁到利比亞的女人，高興的得知她們現在也許可以在次恢復美國公民的身分...即使她們居住在利比亞。

Egyptian Mona Al Tahawy has another issue on her mind during this historic visit. She is concerned about the fate of a democracy advocate held in Libya. She writes: 埃及的Mona Al Tahawy心中對於此次歷史性的造訪卻有不同看法。她在意的是一位被囚禁的利比亞的民主擁護者，她寫道：

   As Condoleezza Rice becomes the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Libya in 55 years, Fathi al-Jahmi will still remain in the cockroach-infested hospital room where he has been held against his will for months.

當萊斯成為55年來第一次造訪利比亞的美國國務卿時，Fathi al-Jahmi依然會身不由己的被關在滿是蟑螂的醫院好幾個月。

   You don’t know who Fathi al-Jahmi is? Ask vice presidential candidate Joe Biden. In a statement to the Senate at the end of July, he called Jahmi “a courageous Libyan democracy advocate with serious health problems whose only crime was to speak truth to power.”

你不知道誰是Fathi al-Jahmi嗎？問問副總統候選人Joe Biden。在一份七月底送交給參議員的聲明中，他稱Joe Biden「一位勇敢的利比亞民主擁護者，有嚴重的健康問題，他唯一犯下的罪行是向當權者說真話。」

   Rice knows who Jahmi is, because the State Department has issued various demands that Libya release him. But I wont hold my breath that she’ll make an issue of him during her visit. 

萊斯知道Jahmi是誰，因為美國政府曾發出各種要求，要利比亞釋放他。但我不敢屏息以待，期待她會在訪問利比亞的這段期間提出這樣要求。

For Al Tahawi, Rice's visit is for another reason: 對Al Tahawi來說，萊斯的來訪有另一個原因：

   Rice joins a slew of western leaders and officials trekking to Tripoli with eyes on deals aimed at tapping into Libya’s oil wealth. One after another they’ve donned rose-tinted glasses to see how Gadhafi has improvised his role as the dictator who came in from the cold.

萊斯與一大群西方領袖以及政府官員們一起來到的黎波里（Tripoli），著眼於打開利比亞的石油財富。一個接著一個，他們戴上玫瑰色的眼鏡，觀看冷戰後獲得獨裁的Gadhafi，如何提昇他的形象。

And speaking of Libya's rich oil and gas resources, Saleem Al Ragihe [Ar] wonders how much his country makes from oil and when information on its income from gas and foreign investments will be released to the public. He writes: 而談到利比亞豐富的石油以及天然氣資源，Saleem Al Ragihes納悶，他的國家究竟從石油中獲得多少財富，而這些從天然氣以及國外投資賺到多少錢的資訊何時財會公布給大眾知道。他寫道：

من المعروف أنه خلال العقود ( الإستثنائية !؟) الماضية - وإلى وقت قريب - كانت كمية النفط المصدر من ليبيا ودخل ليبيا اليومي أو السنوي من النفط من أسرار وألغاز الدولة الأمنية !! أو بمعنى أدق من أسرار الخيمة !! .. أما اليوم وبسبب ثورة المعلومات من جهة ومن جهة أخرى بسبب ضغوطات تقارير الشفافية العالمية المستمرة التي وضعت الجماهيرية (العظمى) على قائمة الدول الأكثر فسادا ً والأقل شفافية في العالم ! .. وبسب يقظة المواطن الليبي من جهة ثالثة .. فإن ( العقيد/ النظام) - لهذه الأسباب الثلاثة - إضطر أخيرا ً إلى الإفراج النسبي عن المعلومات فيما يتعلق بكمية النفط الليبي المصدر ودخل ليبيا من هذا النفط ! .. فقد ذكرت المؤسسة الوطنية الليبية للنفط أن الكميات المصدرة من النفط الخام الليبي خلال الفترة من 29 اغسطس الماضي وحتى 4 سبتمبر الجاري 2008 بلغت عشرة ملايين و955 ألف برميل .. وذكرت المؤسسة في نشرتها الأسبوعية اليوم ان متوسط سعر البرميل بالدولار بلغ 05ر107 دولار للبرميل الواحد. ونحن إذ نشيد بهذه الخطوة الإنفتاحية وبداية الدخول إلى عصر الشفافية خصوصا ًفيما يتعلق بهذه الناحية البالغة الحساسية بالنسبة للمواطن الليبي - المالك الشرعي لا الفعلي للنفط - فإننا نطالب بالمزيد من الشفافية والإنكشاف وإظهار الحقائق بالأرقام سائلين المولى عز وجل ونحن نرفع أكف الضراعة في هذا الشهر الكريم أن يتم الإفراج قريبا ً عن المعلومات الإقتصادية الحساسة والمهمة الأخرى والمتعلقة بدخل ليبيا من الغاز (!؟؟؟) وكذلك دخل ليبيا من الإستثمارات الخارجية الضخمة (!؟؟؟) في أوروبا خصوصا ً وأن الكثير من الليبيين بات يتحدث اليوم على أن أبناء القايد وأبناء رفاق القايد يتمتعون بقضاء العطلات في النعيم الأوروبي البديع على حساب دخل وأرباح هذه الإستثمارات الخارجية !!؟؟

It is well known that during the extraordinary previous decades, until recently, the amount of oil exported from Libya and the country's income from oil sales have remained a national secret and riddle! However today, thanks to the information explosion on the one hand; pressures placed by the international transparency reports on Libya which was placed on the list of the most corrupt and least transparent states; and the alertness of Libyan citizens, the Colonel/regime - for these three reasons - there has been a relative release on information regarding the amount of raw Libyan petroleum exported and Libya's income from its sales! The National Libyan Oil Company announced that the amount of oil exported from August 29 to September 4 totalled 10,955,000 thousand barrels. The Company's weekly newsletter also stated that the average oil price was $107.05 per barrel. 眾所週知在過去的幾十年間，直到最近，利比亞的石油出口量以及國家的石油收入，一直是國家的機密與謎團！然而今天，一方面感謝資訊爆炸;一方面是透明國際(Transparency International)的報導給予利比亞壓力，他們列出貪污最嚴重以及資訊最不透明的國家;以及利比亞公民的機警， the Colonel/regime。因為這三個原因，利比亞的原油出口量以及其收入的資訊有相對的釋出。利比亞國家石油公司公布了從8月29號至9月4號的石油出口量，總共為10,955,000千桶。該公司的每週的新聞通訊也聲稱，平均的油價為每桶107.05美元。

And while we applaud this step and the entry of Libya into the era of transparency especially in this sensitive area for Libyans - the legitimate and not actual owner of oil - we call for more openness and information on other sensitive economic information, such as Libya's income from natural gas sales, as well as its income from the huge foreign investments, particularly in Europe. A lot of Libyans are now talking about the sons of the leader and the sons of the companions of the leader, who are enjoying holidays in Europe, paid for by these foreign investments. 當我們掌聲鼓勵此項進步，以及利比亞進入資訊透明的年代，尤其是這些對利比亞人來說格外敏感的範疇，石油的擁有者以及其合法性。 9月 08, 2008