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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 09:41 AM
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UK Approved Export Of Sniper Rifles To Libya
Source: Sky News

Britain approved the export of sniper rifles to Libya just months before Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s troops began killing protesters.

An export licence was granted to let "a small quantity" of long-range weapons be shipped out in November for exhibition or testing.

Four licences were approved for the rifles, along with assault rifles and semi-automatic handguns, with cleaning kits.

They were signed off by officials in the Department for Business, but it is unclear whether ministers were involved in the decision.

more: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201009115939379
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 09:50 AM
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1. bump
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 09:55 AM
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2. Back in November?
That seems like a lifetime ago in terms of the middle east today.
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inademv Donating Member (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 09:59 AM
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3. Still, I'll bet
that those very same weapons were used to ambush the protesters leaving the services for their slain friends and family.
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ProgressiveProfessor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 10:02 AM
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4. It is not like the Libyan military did not already have sniper rifles
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