Qaddafi Wheat Cargo Helped Sustain Libyan Rebellion’s Stronghold
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Wheat paid for by Muammar Qaddafi’s government ended up helping to sustain the rebellion that overthrew his 42-year rule of Libya after it was diverted to his rivals’ stronghold.
Two 25,000-ton cargoes of Russian wheat sat at the port of Tripoli for more than a month, unable to unload amid the battle for the capital, before the supplier, Alphamate Commodity GmbH, decided to send them to Benghazi.