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Article

2 Sep 2011

Author:
Graeme Smith, The Globe and Mail

China offered Gadhafi huge stockpiles of arms: Libyan memos

[S]tate-controlled Chinese arms manufacturers were prepared to sell weapons and ammunition worth at least $200-million to the embattled Col. Gadhafi in late July, a violation of United Nations sanctions...Three state-controlled weapons manufacturers...China North Industries Corp. (Norinco); the China National Precision Machinery Import & Export Corp. (CPMIC); and China XinXing Import & Export Corp...offered the entire contents of their stockpiles for sale, and promised to manufacture more supplies if necessary...“The companies suggest that they make the contracts with either Algeria or South Africa, because those countries previously worked with China,” the memo [detailing the negotiations] says...E-mails sent to two Chinese arms manufacturers were not answered.