Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Libya chaos 'allows al-Qaida to grab surface-to-air missiles'

Libya chaos 'allows al-Qaida to grab surface-to-air missiles'

Al-Qaida is exploiting the conflict in Libya to acquire weapons, including surface-to-air missiles, and smuggle them to a stronghold in northern Mali, a security official from neighbouring Algeria told Reuters.

The official said a convoy of eight Toyota pick-up trucks left eastern Libya, crossed into Chad and then Niger, and from there into northern Mali where in the past few days it delivered a cargo of weapons

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