05 January 2015 (09:04 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Rab al’Awwal 1436/15 Dey 1393/15 Yi-Chou 4712

Just days after Germany’s leader essentially told Greece to get out of the European Union, the Libyan air force has bombed a Greek oil tanker in the port of Derna, at least two members of the tanker ship have been killed.  Libyan administrators speculate that the Greeks have been buying oil from pro-Islamic State insurgents, those insurgents control the port (some say the Greeks are actually selling refined fuel to Islamic State).

The Libyan attack on the Greek tanker (owned by Aegean Shipping Enterprises Company) comes at the same time the Libyan parliament issued a statement telling the European Union to get out of north Africa: “Foreign military intervention in Libya is rejected. If we need any military intervention, we will ask our Arab brothers.”-Aqila Issa, speaker of parliament

Over the weekend German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly said that if right wingers win the upcoming Greek elections then she would have no problem with Greece leaving the European Union (EU).  Since then other EU members have been scrambling to denounce Merkel’s supposed statements saying EU membership is “irrevocable” and adding an ominous warning for Greek rebellion: “…we will deal with that once the Greek voters have cast their verdict.”-Annika Breidthardt, EU spokeswoman

To add to the EU debacle, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he is pushing for a referendum on whether to remain in the EU or not.   If Cameron gets re-‘elected’ this May he says he’ll hold an anti-EU referendum in 2017.