With friends like the French, who needs enemies??
“France denied transferring the missiles to Hifter’s forces“
So how did they get them?
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Same thing happened with two US helicopter shootdowns in Afghanistan:
The weapons used were OUR weapons.
The missiles had been transferred by Quatar, which was being used as a cutout for the CIA, which had intended the missiles for a different project.
Hifter is our man over there.
He kicked ISIS out of the Eastern Libyan oil fields, and is opposed to the Muslim Brotherhood and their front groups.
He lived in Northern Virginia for many years, and has a long and allied relationship with the US Government.
It is nice to see the French supporting this effort. They have long (and pretty consistently) protected Western interests and opposed islamist power grabs in their sphere of influence in Africa. They led the successful effort to expel al Queda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) from power in Northern Mali.
Wonder if the Stinger that was used to bring down a CH-47 in Afghanistan was from this batch? (the serial number was traced to a batch controlled by the CIA)