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Gun shy: US alarmed Qatari arms for Libya now in militants’ arsenals
Washington has raised alarms over Qatari arms shipments to Libya possibly being redirected to militants. The concern comes despite the fact that last year the US authorized Doha to export weapons to Libya as it struggled for democracy.
The Obama administration is highly concerned that Islamist militants are arming themselves with weapons exported to Libya by Qatar, the New York Times quotes US officials and diplomats as saying.
Following last year’s uprising and the subsequent overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains highly destabilized and flooded with weapons, which circulate among different armed groups. Some of those groups could easily include Islamist militants.
Qatari weapons are also reportedly leaving Libya and being shipped to other countries in the region, like Mali, where al-Qaeda-linked militant groups are trying to establish an Islamic state.
Mali has been in chaos since March when the military toppled the president, after which Tuareg rebels managed to seize two-thirds of the country. On Wednesday, the African Union appealed for UN funding to fight Islamist extremists in northern Mali.
Although Qatar has never officially confirmed its arms supplies to Libya, numerous reports allege that Doha was directly involved in last year’s conflict in Libya.
Qatar is believed to have supplied Libya with small arms, including machine guns, automatic rifles and ammunition.
http://rt.com/news/us-qatar-arms-islamists-406/
2012-12-06 17:23:12
Source: http://yeoldefalseflag.com/thread-gun-shy-us-alarmed-qatari-arms-for-libya-now-in-militants-arsenals
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