Libyan events 1/ 10:39am French foreign minister Alain Juppe said at a press conference today that he hopes the international military intervention in Libya serves as a warning to governments in Syria, Saudi Arabi and elsewhere. He also said he believes the campaign against Gaddafi may take days or weeks, but not months. 2/ 8:53am Libya's fairly tight-lipped opposition national council has opened up, or at least one of its members has. US-educated Ali Tarhouni, the newly appointed finance minister for the council, spoke with reporters last night and revealed that the rebel army consists of only around 1,000 trained men. (He apparently didn't mention how many untrained volunteers are involved in the fighting.) Until now, the opposition has kept military details under wraps._ Tarhouni admitted shortcomings in the rebel's pell-mell ascent to power in the east. "There was a total vacuum," he said. Tarhouni also said the rebels don't have a cash crisis, despite being cut off from Tripoli. Countries have agreed to give the rebels credit, including the United Kingdom, which will give $1.1 billion, he claimed.
I'm bumbling around at a little bit over break even for the whole week on intra day crude trading. How's everyone else doing?