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Raid on Ras Lanuf

Raid on Ras Lanuf
Part of Libyan Civil War
Date12 September 2011
Location
Ras Lanuf, Libya
Result

Indecisive

  • Pro-Gaddafi saboteurs damage oil facilities
  • Anti-Gaddafi forces drive off attackers
Belligerents

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

Libya Gaddafi loyalists

Commanders and leaders
Libya Hamid Hassy
Libya Fadl-Allah Haroun		 Unknown
Strength
About 60 refinery workers[1]
Unknown number of fighters		 15 saboteurs[2]
Up to 150 fighters[3]
14-40 vehicles[1][3]
Casualties and losses
15-17 fighters killed,[3] 2 workers wounded[1] Unknown*
*One NTC source claimed 15 loyalists were killed and 10 captured,[2] but later reports made no mention of pro-Gaddafi losses[1][3]

The raid on Ras Lanuf was a hit-and-run attack carried out in the early morning of 12 September 2011[4] by two groups of fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi in an apparently coordinated effort to disrupt oil refinery and export operations in the National Transitional Council-administered port town of Ra's Lanuf, Libya, during the Libyan Civil War.

  1. ^ a b c d Al Madany, Sherine (12 September 2011). "Gaddafi forces kill 15 at Libyan oil refinery". National Post. Ra's Lanuf. Reuters. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Gadhafi vows to fight as loyalists strike oil hub". Khaleej Times. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d Barnard, Anne (12 September 2011). "In Flash of Resilience, Qaddafi Loyalists Attack Oil Refinery". The New York Times. Tripoli. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Mon, 12 Sep 2011, 14:22 GMT+3 - Libya". Al Jazeera. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

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