TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Almost every week, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan either tries to cajole the fighters choking off Libya's crude exports or threatens to break their blockade by force.
Neither tactic has worked. Their leader, Ibrahim al-Jathran, dug in at ports his men seized in August, says he will sell Libya's oil himself and carve out a semi-state unless the eastern region gets a fairer share of the revenues.
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