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On 6/25/16 9:25 PM, A.R. G via Marxism wrote:
They turned over
Libyan weapons to [Islamic State], al-Qaida and [Nusra Front].
In fact the opposite is true.
Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2012:
U.S. officials say they are most worried about Russian-designed Manpads
provided to Libya making their way to Syria. The U.S. intensified
efforts to track and collect man-portable missiles after the 2011 fall
of the country’s longtime strongman leader, Moammar Gadhafi.
To keep control of the flow of weapons to the Syrian rebels, Turkey,
Saudi Arabia and Qatar formed a joint operations room early this year in
a covert project U.S. officials watched from afar.
The U.S. has limited its support of the rebels to communications
equipment, logistics and intelligence. But U.S. officials have
coordinated with the trio of countries sending arms and munitions to the
rebels. The Pentagon and CIA ramped up their presence on Turkey’s
southern border as the weapons began to flow to the rebels in two to
three shipments every week.
In July, the U.S. effectively halted the delivery of at least 18 Manpads
sourced from Libya, even as the rebels pleaded for more effective
antiaircraft missiles to counter regime airstrikes in Aleppo, people
familiar with that delivery said.
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