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Blueprint for a raid: Documents shed light on plan to buy U.S. helicopter gunships for assault on Tripoli


Blueprint for a raid: Documents shed light on plan to buy U.S. helicopter gunships for assault on Tripoli
Joby Warrick
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A missile truck is abandoned in a camp that was used by forces loyal to Libyan rebel leader Khalifa Hifter in Gharyan, Libya, in June 2019, just days after his forces were driven from the city by government troops.
The commandos for hire who landed in Benghazi in June 2019 had arranged, at great expense, to procure every weapon and tool needed for an assault on Libya’s government. They obtained drones, inflatable speed boats, night-vision goggles, a mobile command center and even gear for jamming enemy communications. ....

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Documents shed light on plan to buy US helicopter gunships for assault on Tripoli


By JOBY WARRICK | The Washington Post | Published: February 20, 2021
The commandos for hire who landed in Benghazi in June 2019 had arranged, at great expense, to procure every weapon and tool needed for an assault on Libya s government. They obtained drones, inflatable speedboats, night-vision goggles, a mobile command center and even gear for jamming enemy communications.
And there were the helicopter gunships: three AH-1F Cobras, configured with mounts for machine guns and rocket launchers. The U.S.-made aircraft had been given to Jordan years earlier, and leaders of the operation traveled to Amman believing they had a deal to acquire them. In a status report to comrades, a commando team member described the helicopters as packed up and waiting to be loaded onto transport planes bound for Libya. ....

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