Gadhafi armed al-Qaeda with germ bombs: report
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 11:50 am
London, Dec 28. (PTI): Libyan leader Maommar Gadhafi, who recently abandoned his country's weapons of mass destruction programme, had armed al-Qaeda terror network with germ bombs, a report claimed today.
Libyan intelligence chief Musa Kusa told British secret service agency Mi5 that tens of thousands of weapons had been produced at 10 secret sites in the country, the Sunday Express said.
Kusa has named 500 al-Qaeda terrorists in Britain and the information he gave is being checked, it said.
Libya was closer than Syria, Iran and Iraq to producing a nuclear bomb but last week Gadhafi surrendered his weapons of mass destruction and was praised for his "statesmanship and courage" by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush.
He was welcomed back on to the world stage on the agreement that his help to Osama Bin Laden would never officially be mentioned, the report claimed.
"It was a sweetener deal like no other. Gadhafi's links to terrorism have been air-brushed," said a senior British intelligence officer.
Kusa escorted British officials to Libya's secret sites on what was described as "the best bus tour in intelligence history."
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Libyan intelligence chief Musa Kusa told British secret service agency Mi5 that tens of thousands of weapons had been produced at 10 secret sites in the country, the Sunday Express said.
Kusa has named 500 al-Qaeda terrorists in Britain and the information he gave is being checked, it said.
Libya was closer than Syria, Iran and Iraq to producing a nuclear bomb but last week Gadhafi surrendered his weapons of mass destruction and was praised for his "statesmanship and courage" by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush.
He was welcomed back on to the world stage on the agreement that his help to Osama Bin Laden would never officially be mentioned, the report claimed.
"It was a sweetener deal like no other. Gadhafi's links to terrorism have been air-brushed," said a senior British intelligence officer.
Kusa escorted British officials to Libya's secret sites on what was described as "the best bus tour in intelligence history."
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holn ... 193010.htm
