A radar station damaged by western airstrikes as seen from a bus in Tripoli on March 25. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters In Libya, West Showcases New Weapons For Sale -- MSNBC
Potential buyers from India to Brazil get to see Europe, US jets in action.
PARIS — The photograph shows a French Rafale warplane at the Mitiga air base outside Tripoli. A small crowd of men, women and children mill around the fighter jet, its tail fin lit up by the North African sun.
Taken at an air show in October 2009, the picture is one of several grabbed by military aviation photographers from Dutch website scramble.nl that highlight one of the ironies in the West's enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya. To take out Moammar Gadhafi's air defenses, Western powers such as France and Italy are using the very aircraft and weapons that only months ago they were showing off to the Libyan leader.
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My Comment: This is a good report and analysis on the international arms trade, and how the Libyan war will impact its many players.
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