Libya: 5,000 Anti-Aricraft Missiles And Counting

Photo: A Yakhont missile.

U.S. Says It Finds 5,000 Missiles In Post-Gadhafi Libya -- Haaretz

U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner refuses to confirm rumors that the U.S. seeks to buy back weapons that may have been looted from open stockpiles, according to an AFP report.

U.S. experts sent to Libya to recover weapons left over by fallen leader Muammar Gadhafi found 5,000 surface-to-air missiles, the U.S. State Department reportedly said Friday.

According to a report by AFP, U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said the exact number is difficult to say, for there was no actual inventory and a number were destroyed by NATO air strikes this year.

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My Comment: Why so many surface to air missiles .... what was Gaddafi thinking?