Libya: Nato 'Prevented Gaddafi Forces Reaching Mustard Gas Stockpiles -- The Telegraph
Nato air power prevented Muammar Gaddafi's forces reaching secret stockpiles of mustard gas during the nine-month war, it has been claimed.
A former rebel who belonged to a special anti-chemical weapons unit has claimed that stockpiles were carefully watched from the start of the conflict, while a captured Gaddafi commander said that the threat of attack from the skies meant the dictator's security forces were unable to get to their own stockpiles.
The claims were made as the National Transitional Council revealed that the regime had two secret stockpiles hidden in the desert, in addition to one that it had announced several years ago to the United Nations.
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My Comment: It was only a few days ago that we were told that Libya has stockpiles of chemical weapons. As to why they were not used .... if the above story is true .... we now know that NATO surveillance and air power were effective in denying him this option ... an option that could have increased the death toll exponentially as well as threatening Europe itself.
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