“Oil is like drugs. Find the commodity smugglers. Many are adventurous; they will buy from you at a discount and they don't care about embargoes.”

—  Muammar Gaddafi

Statement (11 April 2011) as quoted in &quot;Gaddafi clung to a fading reality&quot; at Aljazeera (21 May 2012) http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/libyaontheline/2012/05/201256134918771317.html <br class="br">Al Jazeera&#x27;s mobile phone wiretaps

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