By a slim majority vote, the congress authorized the Libya Revolutionaries Operation Room, which briefly kidnapped the prime minister last month, to continue providing security for Tripoli. The National Oil Company is sending a tanker to Tobruk to try to lift the blockade from eastern oil and gas export terminals. Protests at the Mellitah gas complex and the Zawia oil refinery resulted in a cutoff of gas to Italy. Two former security officials in Derna were injured by car bombings. Prime Minister Zeidan continued his efforts to dismantle militias by threatening to stop wages for non-registered fighters, and calling for former rebels to turn in their weapons and join the security forces.
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