Urgent Efforts Underway To Recover Stolen Libyan Weapons

Anti-Gaddafi fighters stand on an SA-5 SAM missile in Burkan air defense military base, which was destroyed by a Nato air strike Photo: REUTERS

Urgent Efforts Underway To Recover Stolen Libyan Weapons From al-Qaeda -- The Telegraph

Urgent efforts are underway to recover looted stockpiles of weapons in Libya amid fears they have fallen into the hands of al-Qaeda, President Barack Obama's counter-terrorism adviser has said.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, John Brennan, said he was worried about the number of machine guns and surface-to-air missiles that have gone missing during the Libyan revolution.

He said it was important to prevent them falling into the hands of al-Qaeda's North African branch, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) which has "close relations" with the branches in Yemen and Pakistan.
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