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Allegation of illegal arms air traffic from Ostend in Belgium to Libya Dawn cities Tripoli and Misrata. (HLN in Dutch)[GoogleTranslated].
The planes fly every two weeks from Ostend to Libya, often with illegal weapons on board. Say sources in the African country. UN experts also expressed such suspicions.
Libyan sources who told us about the arms trafficking, are not neutral. They belong to the camp of the internationally recognized government and say that the weapons are intended for the coalition of Islamists fighting against the government.
But the allegation contains details: so would the 747 last week who flew from Ostend to Libya, have transported various types of ammunition and portable anti-aircraft weaponry.
Where weaponry comes from, the Libyans do not know. But they point out, however, that the Ostend airport except of Libyan also regulary receives United Arab Emirates flights.
A country of which is already proven that sends weapons to go to Libya.
The United Nations already expressed suspicions about Ostend.
So did inspectors found late last year "suspicious items" on the transport bills to.
They asked explanations to the Belgian authorities and were told that exactly one plane for Libya had searched for illegal content. "In it no prohibited items were found," it sounded laconic.
The fact is that the Ostend transports are carried out by dubious companies.
As the Libyan client has already been caught on illegal arms trafficking from the Emirates, while one of their subcontractors is on the US their black list because would have flown those weapons to the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad .
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Allegation of illegal arms traffic from #Ostend in #Belgium to #Libya #Dawn cities #Tripoli & #Misrata (in Dutch): http://t.co/PJiz7PCq9M
— Guy Van Vlierden (@GuyVanVlierden) April 15, 2015
