“The Albanian arms were sent to Benghazi, Libya, in 2011, despite the embargo established by the United States administration”.
Many sources have confirmed this for the United States media network “The Blaze”, which made investigations for the transportation of arms in the country that was not finding peace, Libya. The article is titled “Inside the Secret World of a U.S. Arms Dealer”.
“On Sept. 11, 2011, an Armenian carrier from Albania landed in Benghazi, Libya. It was carrying 800,000 rounds of ammunition originating from Albanian surplus stocks”, says The Blaze.
“Three of those stocks belonged to armed forces of the United Arab Emirates, according to a 2013 United Nations investigation.”
The article says that “th planes from Albania, which also included weapons shipments from Ukraine, were continuing to pour into civil war-torn Libya, despite an arms embargo — and the Obama administration was well aware of what was happening, according to numerous sources who spoke to TheBlaze”.
The questions raised by the article here are: “But what is the process for shipping hundreds of millions — if not billions — of dollars worth of weapons and ammunition from one country to another? And is it possible for the nation of origin to deliver those weapons covertly, leaving a “zero footprint” in the nation where the weapons are delivered too?”
The article continues by saying that “American arms dealers are intimately familiar with the process. In fact, the U.S. topped the list as the largest global supplier of major weapons from 2009 to 2013, according to a report issued by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which conducts research on conflict, arms control and disarmament”
The Blaze says that “according to the institute, the U.S. in 2013 accounted for 45 percent of arms deliveries to Persian Gulf states, including the UAE and Qatar, and has already signed contracts that will allow it to maintain high levels of arms exports to these countries”.
The article adds that “a U.S. arms dealer who spoke to TheBlaze on condition of anonymity described the tedious process of getting approval for weapons transfers, and the problems that arise when the cargo is not closely monitored by intelligence or military officials on the ground.”
According to this report, “in Libya, the failure of the United States and NATO to adequately monitor the weapons being shipped by the UAE and Qatar in 2011 and 2012 gave Al Qaeda members embedded within the rebel forces an advantage and allowed others to build up their arsenals.”
The Blaze explains that “the weapons dealer begins getting bids, traveling to nations like Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Serbia and Ukraine — wherever a warehouse of weapons might be located — and bids on those weapons against other arms dealers from around the world.”
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