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Gaddafi's Private Jet Ferrying Weapons from Belarus?


(Telegraph-UK) Bruno Waterfield and Richard Spencer - Gaddafi's private jet, a French-built Dassault Falcon, has been flying in and out of Belarus on suspected sanctions-busting missions to shift assets or buy weapons. Hugh Griffiths, of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), suggested that the plane had carried hard assets, such as diamonds, to buy weaponry. On Feb. 15, an Ilyushin 76, carrying a 40-ton cargo, flew from the Baranovitji military base in Belarus to Sebha, a key Gaddafi base in southern Libya. "The aircraft came from a dedicated military base that only handles stockpiled weaponry and military equipment and landed at Gaddafi's key military logistics base," said Griffiths.
2011-03-15 00:00:00
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