Washington : US intelligence reports have claimed that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is facing dramatic shortages of resources for his soldiers and citizens in Tripoli, and he is running out of cash and fuel for forces and what is left of his government, as Heraldsun newspaper reported.
Rebel forces that captured towns from Nalut to Kikla in Libya's western Nafusa mountains cut a vital crude oil pipeline that feeds one of the government's major refineries in the town of al-Zawiya, US officials told the Associated Press.
They cited US intelligence estimates that fuel shortages could occur within a month.
The cash shortage follows Turkey's move last week to seize hundreds of millions of dollars held in the Arab Turkish Bank, the US officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
While the Libyan strongman could not access actual cash, he had been issuing letters of credit to pay his debtors, including fuel importers, the US officials said.
