UN: Libyan arms could reach terrorists
The UN claims that the Libyan civil war might have given militant groups like Boko Haram and al Qaeda an access to large weapons caches, Reuters has reported.
Friday, 27.01.2012.
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The UN claims that the Libyan civil war might have given militant groups like Boko Haram and al Qaeda an access to large weapons caches, Reuters has reported. The report on the impact of the Libyan civil war on countries of the Sahel region that straddle the Sahara, including Nigeria, Niger and Chad, was prepared by a U.N. assessment team that met with officials from countries in the region. UN: Libyan arms could reach terrorists "The governments of the countries visited indicated that, in spite of efforts to control their borders, large quantities of weapons and ammunition from Libyan stockpiles were smuggled into the Sahel region," the report said. According to the report, some countries believe weapons have been smuggled into the Sahel by former fighters in Libya - Libyan army regulars and mercenaries who fought on behalf of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was ousted and killed by rebels. Some of the countries told the assessment team that they had registered an increase in arms trade across West Africa. "Some of the weapons may be hidden in the desert and could be sold to terrorist groups like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram or other criminal organizations," the UN report said. Some national authorities believe the Islamist sect Boko Haram, which killed more than 500 people last year and more than 250 this year in Nigeria, has increasing links to al Qaeda's North African wing, which has become "a growing source of concern for the countries of the region", Reuters says. Tanjug
UN: Libyan arms could reach terrorists
"The governments of the countries visited indicated that, in spite of efforts to control their borders, large quantities of weapons and ammunition from Libyan stockpiles were smuggled into the Sahel region," the report said.According to the report, some countries believe weapons have been smuggled into the Sahel by former fighters in Libya - Libyan army regulars and mercenaries who fought on behalf of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was ousted and killed by rebels.
Some of the countries told the assessment team that they had registered an increase in arms trade across West Africa.
"Some of the weapons may be hidden in the desert and could be sold to terrorist groups like al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram or other criminal organizations," the UN report said.
Some national authorities believe the Islamist sect Boko Haram, which killed more than 500 people last year and more than 250 this year in Nigeria, has increasing links to al Qaeda's North African wing, which has become "a growing source of concern for the countries of the region", Reuters says.
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