Defecting foreign ministers may have been involved in Semtex deal
(NEWSER) - An IRA bomb that killed a young police officer in Northern Ireland may be linked to plastic explosives obtained from Moammar Gadhafi's regime, according to investigators. The IRA purchased a large quantity of the explosive, Semtex, from Libya in the 1980s, reports the Telegraph . Former Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa , who defected to Britain last month, has been named in US court documents as an official who helped supervise Libya's sale of Semtex to the IRA. “Moussa Koussa was up to his elbows in dealing with the IRA," said a conservative member of Parliament last week. "He has the blood of British soldiers and policemen on his hands.” More»
