Gaddafi's Weapons Are Fuelling Multiple Conflicts

The report suggests that Libyan ammunition are showing up in the continuing war being waged by al-Shabab Photo: REUTERS

Libyan Arms That Went Missing Under Gaddafi 'Fuelling Multiple Conflicts' -- The Telegraph

Libyan arms that went missing during the fighting to remove Col Muammar Gaddafi are now spreading ever further afield, being used in conflicts as far apart as Niger, Somalia, Gaza and Syria, a UN report says.

The country's revolutionary authorities were warned of the loss of control of Gaddafi's huge arms stockpiles at the end of the conflict, but the extent to which they had been ferried to insurgencies across the region became clear during recent fighting in Mali.

Then, weapons and explosives believed to be from Libya were used during the capture by al-Qaeda-linked militants of an oil facility in southern Algeria, in which scores of hostages including Britons were killed.

The new report by a special UN security council committee suggests that they have now travelled even further, with Libyan ammunition showing up in the continuing war being waged by al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda offshoot in Somalia.

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My Comment: The main focus from the West and Libyan authorities is to confiscating and retrieve any loose shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles .... but it is also true that the more conventional weapons are fuelling carnage across Africa and points beyond.