And another one...

Another official U.S. government page on the revocation of sanctions against Libya-- http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2006/03/30/06-3024/libyan-sanctions-regulations-angola-unita-sanctions-regulations-rough-diamonds-liberia-sanctions.

Again, here's the text that concerns Libya for those that CANNOT open the page or do not want to open it for themselves (there's a specific adjective I'm looking for-- "lazy", LOL):

"On September 20, 2004, the President issued Executive Order 13357 (69 FR 56665, September 22, 2004), terminating the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12543 of January 7, 1986, with respect to the actions and policies of the Government of Libya and revoking Executive Orders 12543, 12544, 12801, and 12538. In terminating the national emergency, the President chose to end all blocking of any assets previously blocked under the Libyan Sanctions Regulations.

Executive Order 13357 superseded a series of general licenses and amendments thereof, effective February 26, 2004, April 2, 2004, April 23, 2004, and August 6, 2004, which had authorized certain travel-related and residence-related transactions, as well as certain new transactions with Libya. The text of these licenses is available on the Office of Foreign Assets Control Web site at: http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sanctions/sanctguide-libya.shtml .

Please note that certain transactions involving the Government of Libya, including entities owned or controlled by the Government of Libya, remain subject to the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 596."

"The President" that it refers to, is of course, President George W. Bush (aka, Bush 43, Bush the Son, or, in my DOD's words, "The More Evil of the Two Evils").

I would assume, and probably correctly, that "transactions involving the Government of Libya" would include such things as armament for the Libyan armed forces (weaponry/ammunition, vehicles); or aircraft (both civilian and military). I have noticed that no new orders have come from Libya to Boeing for ANY aircraft since the revocation of trade sanctions, so I have to assume that aircraft is one of those things. Either that or there's yet another adjective I'm looking for, and that's that the powers that be are "cheap" and can find equivalent aircraft (Airbus) at a lower price. Hence, another caveat of the dark side of capitalism.

ACRONYM OF THE POST: DOD-- dear old Dad; also can refer to the "U.S. Department of Defense" in other circles.

OMFG Moment: I just realized that the plane crash in Libya (near TIP) that killed 109 people, with one survivor, a 10 year old boy, happened on my 29th birthday (May 12, 2010). Add that to the list of unfortunate events, which also includes a terrorist attack (May 12, 2003's Riyadh compound bombings). But considering Florence Nightingale, arguably one of the most influential voices in modern nursing (and by modern, I mean the last 300 years) was born on May 12, 1820, I think any "negative/bad karma" associated with my DOB can be negated.

2nd AOTP: OMFG contains a curse word. I'll let you decide which one it is :P OMG has several possible meanings, "Oh my goodness", "Oh my gosh", "Oh my God"... it just depends on how polite or impolite a person is. Breaking it down even more, depending on how (im)polite one is, the "F" is either "freaking" or "fucking." Freaking, further, is a polite way of saying "fucking", though my younger elder sister once said it seemed like you were "trying too hard to say fucking"... there's probably further etymological breakdown to be done, but it's 4:10 am here, and I need to hit the sack.