Libya's prime minster was thrown out of office by parliamentary vote after a tanker laden with oil escaped from this rebel-held port.<br/> <br />Ali Zeidan had threatened to bomb the North Korean flagged vessel if it tried to leave.<br/> <br />For months Zeidan, seen here in file footage, has been getting the blame for Libya's bumpy transition since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising.<br/> <br />The humiliating escape of the tanker was the tipping point.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) OMAR HMEIDAN, SPEAKER ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SAYING:<br/> <br />"The General National Assembly has decided to dismiss Mr Ali Zeidan from his post and instate the Minister of Defence Mr Abdullah al-Thinni until a new prime minister is elected."<br/> <br />The latest development further deepens the turmoil in Libya, a member of the OPEC oil producing group of nations.<br/> <br />The government's struggled to impose order and rein in the militias which helped to oust Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but are now defying state authority.
