Two and a half years after the NATO-imposed regime change in Libya, the nation remains the virtual epicenter for arms smuggling across Africa and the Middle East.
The most recent UN report noted that Libyan arms, and especially shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, have been fueling conflicts in at least 14 countries in the region.
After the ousted of Moammar Gadhafi, his government’s arms depots were left open to looters who made off with enormous quantities of arms, which have played a key role in sparking major conflicts like the Tuareg war of secession in Mali.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the UN report was not how much damage the weapons smuggling of 2011 caused, but that many of those depots are still under the control of random factions with no ties to the Libyan government, and the weapons remain available to smugglers who can meet their price.
They will show up in "southern" Syria where the USG trained Saudis mercenaries will start a major offensive against Syrian people, you know why Jason! Because is against the law for USG to give these rebels-terrorists anti-aircraft missiles, unless someone pays for them. USG will maintain its saying that they are not involved in military action in Syria, only training these mercenaries.
These missiles were sold to Libyan government before, now the very same weapons are sold to Saudis and rest of UAE by USG, strange enough the very same missiles are missing in Ukraine.
Just guessing that this is what the CIA was doing in Benghazi…setting up a conduit to move these weapons out of Libya to other places they needed to destabilize. Just guessin'…