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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My Comment: With no "boots on the ground", there is very little that the U.S. can do in recovering these looted weapons. For all intent and purposes .... these weapons are now gone.