Well done barry. Al-Qaeda snatched missiles' in Libya * From correspondents in Paris * From: AFP * March 26, 2011 1:03PM * Increase Text Size * Decrease Text Size * Print * Email * Share o Add to Digg o Add to del.icio.us o Add to Facebook o Add to Kwoff o Add to Myspace o Add to Newsvine o What are these? AL-QAEDA'S offshoot in North Africa has snatched surface-to-air missiles from an arsenal in Libya during the civil strife there, Chad's President says. Idriss Deby Itno did not say how many surface-to-air missiles were stolen, but told the African weekly Jeune Afrique that he was "100 per cent sure" of his assertion. "The Islamists of al-Qaeda took advantage of the pillaging of arsenals in the rebel zone to acquire arms, including surface-to-air missiles, which were then smuggled into their sanctuaries in Tenere," a desert region of the Sahara that stretches from northeast Niger to western Chad, Deby said in the interview. "This is very serious. AQIM is becoming a genuine army, the best equipped in the region," he said. His claim was echoed by officials in other countries in the region who said that they were worried that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) might have acquired "heavy weapons", thanks to the insurrection. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. Related Coverage * Libya revolt timeline NEWS.com.au, 6 days ago * Air strikes then 110 cruise missiles The Australian, 6 days ago * Libya warns media who entered 'illegally' NEWS.com.au, 15 Mar 2011 * Gaddafi could withdraw support Herald Sun, 11 Mar 2011 * Blue warriors arrive to boost loyalist force The Australian, 8 Mar 2011 End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. make your own news service on igoogle "We have sure information. We are very worried for the sub-region," a Malian security source who did not want to be named said. AQIM originated as an armed Islamist resistance movement to the secular Algerian government. It now operates mainly in Algeria, Mauritania, Mali and Niger, where it has attacked military targets and taken civilian hostages, particularly Europeans, some of whom it has killed. "We have the same information," about heavy weapons, including SAM 7 missiles, a military source from Niger said. "It is very worrying. This overarming is a real danger for the whole zone," he added "AQIM gets the weapons in two ways; people go and look for the arms in Libya to deliver them to AQIM in the Sahel, or AQIM elements go there themselves." Elsewhere in the interview, Chad's president backed the assertion by his neighbour and erstwhile enemy Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi that the protests in Libya have been driven in part by al-Qaeda. "There is a partial truth in what he says," Deby said. "Up to what point? I don't know. But I am certain that AQIM took an active part in the uprising." After years of tension between the two nations, which were at war during part of the 1980s, Deby has more recently maintained good relations with Gaddafi. The Chadian leader described the international military intervention in Libya, launched a week ago by the United States, France and Britain, as a "hasty decision". "It could have heavy consequences for the stability of the region and the spread of terrorism in Europe, the Mediterranean and the rest of Africa," he cautioned. Deby denied assertions that mercenaries had been recruited in Chad to fight for Gaddafi, though some of the several thousand Chad nationals in Libya may have joined the fight "on their own". Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-new...ya/story-e6frfku0-1226028543204#ixzz1HjKlWIep
We have no option now but to nuke Libya. The missiles have probably also ended up in Syria and Iran too, so we should nuke them too.
Obama's plan is to arm the rebels better which means arm Al Qaeda better since they are taking the best weapons from the weapons depots and storing them in Al Qaeda strong hold areas. Probably for later use on us and Israel. This all going to come back to haunt Obama. Especially when we find out Al Qaeda has seats at the new government parliament.
Trying to put the blame on the US Presidents shoulders for the alleged acquisition of Manpad's is lame as it would happened with or without US intervention. Idriss Deby is Gaddifi fanboy and is probably looking over his shoulder at regime change himself. I call bullsh/t on the article.
Make sure that the wind is blowing away from Israel though, otherwise we will get sued for their health blowback problems...