UN Report: NATO's Libya War Armed Al-Qaeda

[FrankRep]

The NATO-backed overthrow of Libyan tyrant Gadhafi gave heavy weapons to terror groups operating in Africa, confirmed a UN report seeking more intervention.​

UN Report: NATO's Libya War Armed Al-Qaeda


Alex Newman | The New American
29 January 2012



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[oyarde]

The fact that this was obviously going to arm people could be seen from the front end .

 

[Lishy]

Remember when we were called crazy for opposing the "freedom fighters struggling against dictatorship"?

Obama has a lot of explaining to do...

 

[Zippyjuan]

The arms were not directly given to them but smuggled out by Khadafi supporters. The US did not directly arm them.

http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE80P26F20120126

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Libyan civil war may have given militant groups in Africa's Sahel region like Boko Haram and al Qaeda access to large weapons caches, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday.

The report on the impact of the Libyan civil war on countries of the Sahel region that straddle the Sahara - including Nigeria, Niger and Chad - also says some national authorities believe the Islamist sect Boko Haram has increasing links to al Qaeda's North African wing. Boko Haram killed more than 500 people last year and more than 250 this year in Nigeria.

"The governments of the countries visited indicated that, in spite of efforts to control their borders, large quantities of weapons and ammunition from Libyan stockpiles were smuggled into the Sahel region," the report said.

The report said some countries believe weapons have been smuggled into the Sahel by former fighters in Libya - Libyan army regulars and mercenaries who fought on behalf of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was ousted and killed by rebels

 

[oyarde]

The arms were not directly given to them but smuggled out by Khadafi supporters. The US did not directly arm them.

http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE80P26F20120126

Once you start to bomb the crap out of it , creating chaos , and weapons storage areas are left unattended , you are indirectly arming anyone with the balls to go get what they want .

 

[Zippyjuan]

duplicate- sorry.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Not the same as directly arming them as the headline implies. Giving them arms (directly or indirectly) was not an intent.