LIBYA: Deputy Foreign Minister says Qatar has 20 trainers helping rebels and claims Hezbollah is fighting alongside pro-democracy fighters in Misrata
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LIBYA: Deputy Foreign Minister says Qatar has 20 trainers helping rebels and claims Hezbollah is fighting alongside pro-democracy fighters in Misrata
- Title: LIBYA: Deputy Foreign Minister says Qatar has 20 trainers helping rebels and claims Hezbollah is fighting alongside pro-democracy fighters in Misrata
- Date: 15th April 2011
- Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (APRIL 13, 2011) (REUTERS) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALED KAIM IN NEWS CONFERENCE HALL (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALED KAIM, SAYING: "And there are also 20 Qatari trainers to train those extremists, about 700 of them they are staying in 7 April camp in Benghazi." JOURNALISTS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALED KAIM, SAYING: "And by the way, there are elements of Hezbollah in Misrata, the snipers are Hezbollah elements, Hezbollah yes, from Lebanon, they are Lebanese, and there are a few of them; this is not a joke, this is real." JOURNALISTS LISTENING TO NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALED KAIM, SAYING: "And just my advice to both of them is to watch their words next time when they talk about supporting democracy and advancing democracy in the Middle East, this has nothing to do with supporting democracy in the Middle East." JOURNALISTS IN NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALED KAIM, SAYING: "But I assure you that there are no single piece of arms or weapons that came from Israeli in Libya from the side of the government." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 30th April 2011 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Libya
- Country: Libya
- Topics: War / Fighting,Domestic Politics
- Reuters ID: LVAB05IQJ0370SPK4EUIH9W1JXA4
- Story Text: Libya accuses Hezbollah and Qatar of helping rebels.
Libya's deputy foreign minister says Qatar has 20 trainers helping rebels whilst claiming Hezbollah is fighting alongside pro-democracy fighters in Misrata.
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