* U.S. crude hits $103.19; Brent over $116 due to unrest
* Oil supply concerns mount as Western forces attack Libya
(Adds details on military action)
SEOUL/SINGAPORE, March 21 (Reuters) - Oil jumped by more
than $2 on Monday after western forces at the weekend launched
military strikes to disable Libya's air defences, raising the
stakes in a civil war that has nearly paralyzed crude exports
from the north African nation.
Brent crude for May rose $2.16 to $116.09
a barrel 2240 GMT against Friday's settlement at $113.93 a
barrel. U.S. crude for April rose as much as $2.12 to
$103.19 and was up $1.83 at $102.90, after settling at $101.07 a
barrel.
Military action on Libyan air defenses over the past two
days had crippled Muammar Gaddafi's capability to launch
airplanes and detect foreign aircraft, a senior U.S. military
official said on Sunday, but their intervention hit a diplomatic
setback as the Arab League chief condemned the "bombardment of
civilians".
The strikes began on Saturday, as a coalition of Western
nations vowed to prevent Gaddafi from launching attacks on
civilians as he seeks to crush an uprising against his
four-decade rule.
Iran's oil minister said on Saturday any output increase by
individual OPEC members aimed at reducing oil price pressures
caused by the Libyan crisis would not have the desired effect.
(Reporting by Cho Mee-young and Alejandro Barbajosa; Editing
by Manash Goswami)
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