They are common enough in ex British colonies yes, but the claim here is that the Libyans used Soviet ammunition and rifles, and hence weapons liberated from local army stores would have been AK47 etc. Africa is a big place, the question is how did the weapons get to Benghazi? Via the Egyptian army? ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Billy O'Connor [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:51 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] When did nato start supplying arms to the rebels
Paul Cockshott <[email protected]> writes: > I had noticed on news reports that the rebels were often shown with FN > rifles, but had assumed that these were Libyan army issue this video > points out that it was not the case. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DJapluertM&feature=player_embedded#at=93 > > The implication is that the rebellion was presupplied with nato arms > from the early days. Early days, indeed. Obviously the fiends have been seeding the entire continent with those FN-FAL rifles for 60 years. -- In Solidarity, Billy O'Connor _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401 _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
