MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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By CJ Radin, Long War Journal, March 9, 2013
According to Reuters, French forces continuing their operations against al Qaeda in the north of Mali have found "tons of weapons" stockpiled across the region. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: "What struck me most was the scale of the arsenals that we have discovered in the north and in the region of Gao." A Malian official characterized it as enough weapons for an army.
French forces also discovered "a small army of jihadists" from around the world in the isolated Ametetai valley, Reuters reported. Found with them were arms caches containing heavy weapons, material for improvised explosive devices, and suicide bomb belts. "The Islamist rebels, many of whom have flooded in from abroad [.....]
Comments
Is the "Czech-made sniper rifle" quoted the B-30 one that hardly anyone likes, the old VZ50, the Falcon or the CZW-127? Old communist-era armaments sent to Libya, or NATO-grade weapons dropped to Libyan rebels?
Is it easy to write an article this menacing and vague, or does it take journalistic talent?
At least another article refers to RADDHO reporting 35,000 tons of weapons coming from the Libyan conflict. Of course most reports of such secret shipments (like to Syria) talk about hundreds of tons, not tens of thousands - wouldn't NATO overflights have noticed such large shipments out in the desert? Not to be outdone, Doug Hagmann "reports" 40 million tons shipped out. Do I hear 1 billion? 1 billion, sold, to the arms dealer in the back left corner....
Since I believe the Benghazi attack was reported as not coordinated by Al Qaeda, but by an unaffiliated local Libyan group, is this new Malian effort the real Al Qaeda? And since when did Libya's pro-Qaddafi extremely anti-Al Qaeda sentiment shift to an alliance? So many questions, so much innuendo, so little space...
by Anonymous PP (not verified) on Sun, 03/10/2013 - 5:30pm
PS - do the sniper rifles have scopes? A bit useless without, and one of the rumors is of large number of these appearing on various gun show and private buyer lists.
But in any case, enough to justify another desert war and a new "drones for Africa" program.
by Anonymous PP (not verified) on Sun, 03/10/2013 - 5:32pm