Damning South Africa
Proof SA sold rifles to Libya
2011-06-19 15:13 Julian Rademeyer
Damning video evidence has emerged, proving for the first time that sniper rifles made in South Africa are being used in Libya’
Johannesburg - Damning video evidence has emerged, proving for the first time that sniper rifles made in South Africa are being used in Libya’s bloody civil war by forces loyal to embattled dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The revelations come amid continued refusals by South Africa to divulge the details of conventional arms sales to Libya’s repressive government – which totalled nearly R69 million last year. Video clips circulating on the internet and filmed as battles raged in the city of Misrata in north-western Libya earlier this year show rebel fighters displaying captured sniper rifles. The weapons have been identified as the work of a Midrand armoury, Truvelo Manufacturers. One undated video, which appears to have been filmed on a cellphone camera, shows a rebel holding a Truvelo rifle fitted with a sound suppressor. A similar rifle can also be seen in an Al-Jazeera news report filed on May 29.
