Gaddafi Chemical Weapons Site Captured By Rebel Soldiers

Map showing the latest situation in the Libyan conflict. Taking the cities of Sirte and Bani Walid is a secondary objective for Libya's new rulers, the key being the oasis of Jufra, where there is a huge arms cache held by Moamer Kadhafi's troops, a commander said on Friday. France 24

Libyan Rebels 'Capture Gaddafi Chemical Weapons Site' -- The Telegraph

Libya's interim rulers said on Wednesday they had captured one of Col Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds deep in the Sahara desert, finding chemical weapons, and largely taken control of another.

With the National Transitional Council (NTC) struggling to assert full control over the country, military spokesmen said its forces had seized the outpost of Jufra 435 miles southeast of Tripoli, and most of Sabha.

"The whole of the Jufra area – we have been told it has been liberated," said Fathi Bashaagha, NTC spokesman, in Misurata. "There was a depot of chemical weapons and now it is under the control of our fighters."

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Update: Libyan rebels discover Gaddafi's chemical weapons -- The Guardian

My Comment: If true, so much for Gaddafi's promises that he destroyed them in 2004, and so much for UN assurances a few weeks ago that such depots were already secured .... when they were not until today.