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Libyan government seizes US-made weapons from warlord’s forces

By Steven Nelson
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Libyan government seizes US-made weapons from warlord’s forces

Libya’s internationally recognized government says it seized four pricey U.S.-made weapons from troops loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar.

The Javelin antitank missiles cost more than $170,000 each. Markings indicate they were sold by the U.S. to the United Arab Emirates in 2008, the New York Times reports.

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