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March 4, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/world/africa/04weapons.html

Looted Libyan Arms May Find Way to Terrorists

(New York Times) C. J. Chivers - Security analysts say the armed uprising in Libya poses a long-term security threat - that weapons looted from government stockpiles could circulate widely, including heat-seeking anti-aircraft missiles that could be used against civilian airliners. Photographs and video from the uprising show civilians carrying a full array of what were once the Libyan military's weapons - like the SA-7 shoulder-fired missile and several types of anti-tank missiles. Once these weapons slip from state custody, they can be sold through black markets, swiftly and quietly, to other countries and groups.

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