Ransacked Tripoli arms dumps raise security fears

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Huge stockpiles of tank rounds, rockets and landmines are lying unguarded on the outskirts of Tripoli, fuelling worries that arms abandoned by Muammar Gaddafi’s forces could undermine regional security. An anti-Gaddafi fighter jokes with his comrades as he sits on crates of shells concealed by Gaddafi’s forces at a furniture factory in South Tripoli September 5, 2011. (REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra) The ousted leader’s troops left behind thousands of automatic rifles, handguns, ammunition and explosives when they fled the Libyan capital and its environs last month. Many arms – including surface-to-air missiles – have already disappeared. A Reuters reporter saw at least half a…

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Ransacked Tripoli arms dumps raise security fears

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