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Algeria hostage crisis: Most weapons used in attack came from Libya
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | Jan. 20, 2013 | Mélanie Matarese

Posted on 01/21/2013 6:48:07 AM PST by libstripper

Many of the Islamist terrorists shot their way into the In Amenas compound on Thursday using the AK104 model of Kalashnikov, which was typically used by Libyan rebels in the war against Muammar Gaddafi.

They brought F5 rockets that also surfaced in the Libyan war, said the security source.

The Islamists wore the same type of outfits that Qatar provided to Libyan National Transitional Council rebels by Qatar – yellow flak jackets with brown patches, known as "chocolate chip" camouflage. The garments are copies of ones worn by Americans in the Gulf war.

The terrorists also employed 60mm gun-mortars used by France and Libyan rebels.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: algeria; algeriahostagecrisis; benghazi; benghaziweapons; hostages; kenyanbornmuzzie; libya; threatmatrix; waronterror; weapons
DUH, SURPRISE!! Looks like de Regime is what actually provided, at a one party distance, the weapons that were used by the AQ terrorists in the Algerian atrocity. Seems the Illegal's really wallowing in these atrocities: Fast & Furious, Bengazi, Sandy Hook, and, now Algeria. And our double domes, including some fools at Fox News, all thought the "Arab Spring" was such a wonderful flowering of freedom and democracy.
1 posted on 01/21/2013 6:48:10 AM PST by libstripper
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To: annieokie; penelopesire; maggief; Protect the Bill of Rights; thouworm; SE Mom; Nachum; onyx; ...
obama's people.

Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise.


Benghazi Index

2 posted on 01/21/2013 6:50:53 AM PST by MestaMachine (Sometimes the smartest man in the room is standing in the midst of imbeciles.)
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Obama’s Arab Spring militia in action. Please add me to your ping list. Thanks.
3 posted on 01/21/2013 7:00:26 AM PST by Truth29
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Do some people actually think there are “good” bearded savages and bad bearded savages? If you give arms to the “good” bearded savages they will use it for good purposes?

Wrong. All bearded savages are subhuman barbarian worms. If they convince you they’re on your side, you’re an a$$ho!e.


4 posted on 01/21/2013 7:08:46 AM PST by I want the USA back
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To: libstripper

Don’t worry Eric Holder is staying on and says he’s gonna stop illegal gun-running.


5 posted on 01/21/2013 7:18:57 AM PST by TexasCajun
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I watched a documentary recently about Libya. It seems Gadafi couldn’t have enough weapons. There are hundreds of weapons depots, filled to the brim, that are no longer guarded. You can literally walk into any of them and take your pick. Everyone in Libya is armed to the teeth with unlimited resupply. It would be extremely easy to get these arms in the wrong hands.


6 posted on 01/21/2013 7:42:48 AM PST by PJammers (I can't help it... It's my idiom!)
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To: libstripper

I watched a documentary recently about Libya. It seems Gadafi couldn’t have enough weapons. There are hundreds of weapons depots, filled to the brim, that are no longer guarded. You can literally walk into any of them and take your pick. Everyone in Libya is armed to the teeth with unlimited resupply. It would be extremely easy to get these arms in the wrong hands.


7 posted on 01/21/2013 7:42:48 AM PST by PJammers (I can't help it... It's my idiom!)
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returning favor ping.


8 posted on 01/21/2013 8:46:47 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: TexasCajun

The interpretation of what was meant by the with-holder is what is worrisome. No wonder Americans are prepping and preparing.


9 posted on 01/21/2013 8:49:48 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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Gosh, the Middle East is soooo much better now that Saddam and Khadaffi are gone. Right...?
10 posted on 01/21/2013 8:51:34 AM PST by gaijin
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Maybe that’s exactly why the Illegal decided to overthrow him. Neat way to supplyk AQ and all sorts of other bad guys while retaining plausible deniability.


11 posted on 01/21/2013 10:56:43 AM PST by libstripper
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I wouldn’t doubt it. he documentary was about a war journalist who was wounded during the unrest. A fellow journalist and camera man are killed. He wanted to go back and see what was going on since he left. He walked right in to a weapons dump. The stuff that was available was astounding. Libya is still a very dangerous place.


12 posted on 01/21/2013 1:31:15 PM PST by PJammers (I can't help it... It's my idiom!)
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