The Libyan government has threatened to attack a North Korean tanker if it does not leave an oil terminal in Sidra.<br /> <br />Libyan rebels have bypassed the government, and are allegedly trying to export oil to Pyongyang themselves. <br /> <br />The ship has begun loading oil according to port officials. <br /><br />Armed militias have seized control of three major ports in the oil-rich East since August, including Sidra. They want autonomy for their own state known as Barqa.<br /><br />The rebels have formed their own oil company and a shadow regional-government.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Joanna Blundell reports.
