Sunday, April 3, 2011

Training reveal United States and Egypt Libyan rebels

Opponents .- Libyans are receiving training from U.S. special forces and Egypt in a secret location in eastern Libya, as well as weapons, today unveiled the news network Al Jazeera. Speaking to the Qatari news, carried out in Benghazi, a bastion of insurgency against the regime of Muammar Gadhafi, a rebel who requested anonymity said Egyptian and U.S.

forces train the fighters. The rebel narrated receiving military training in a "secret facility" in eastern Libya, which was sent to fire a Katyusha rocket. He also indicated that last Thursday night, a new shipment of this type of artillery came to the east of Libya from Egypt, but said he was unaware whether the origin of this shipment was that country or if it was only used as a transit route.

He explained that "the coaches' said that it was heat-seeking missiles and are released individually to launch portable, so they had to be trained in its use and that was why they were there. Al Jazeera said the rebel claims raised uncomfortable questions about participation 'private' in Egypt in the conflict, and respect the arms embargo imposed on Libya.

'How is it that there is still the question of whether the outside world is arming the rebels, when in fact already being secretly armed? "Questioned the Qatari. Indeed, he added, is probably the rebels criticized the Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by an accidental airstrike against insurgents near Brega, because they are receiving covert support with weapons and training.

An international coalition aircraft fired on a group of rebels on Friday night killing at least 14 people dead, a fact that opponents described as 'collateral damage' they said to understand and accept.

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