China denies report, says it did not sell weapons to Libya

[Kurmudgeon]

Source: cnn.com

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Documents showing that China offered to sell arms to Moammar Gadhafi in the waning days of his rule are "the real deal," a senior member of Libya's transitional government said Monday.

The comment follows a report by Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper saying that state-controlled Chinese arms manufacturers were prepared to sell at least $200 million worth of weapons to Gadhafi, which would have violated United Nations resolutions banning such transactions.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/05/libya.war/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[Cognitive_Resonance]

1. Busted. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. nt

[lib2DaBone]

2. China had 3,000 construction workers in Lybia... plus large oil contracts....

Sure.. they didn't sell arms... and your check is in the mail....

[hughee99]

3. Perhaps it was a lend or lease, not a sale. n/t