Document #1192807
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Please refer to the attached reports which
discuss the chemical factory in Rabta. Although the United States
alleged that the chemical plant was for making chemical weapons,
the Libyan government maintained that it was a pharmaceutical
factory. [ Robert Pear, "U.S. Again Reports Libyan Role in
Terrorism", The New York Times, 19 January 1989.]
2.
One article refers to a base 60 miles
outside of Sabha where West German engineers are helping Libya
build a missile capable of carrying chemical warheads. [ "German
Parts Could be Used in Libyan Missiles, Prosecutor Says",
Associated Press, 9 October 1989] This is the only reference
to Sabha among the sources currently available to the IRBDC. No
information on a base or camp called Sehba was found. When
reporters were taken on a tour around the Rabta chemical plant in
January 1989, "they saw a heavy military presence, including army
camps, storage tanks, checkpoints, radar installations,
antiaircraft guns and missiles identified by military specialists
as Soviet SAM-6's and French-made Crotales." [ Paul Delaney, "New,
Mellower Qaddafi Now on Display in Libya", The New York
Times, 9 January 1989.] No information on Moska is available to
the IRBDC at this time. According to one news report, a number of
the Libyan military camps are located along the coast. [ Paul
Delaney, "Wayward Bus Trip in Libya Avoids Factory", The New
York Times, 7 January 1989.]
3.
Information on Libyan army uniforms is not
available to the IRBDC. Without more specific details as to which
part of the service the uniform in question is from, it would not
be possible to provide a description. Various newspaper and journal
articles show Libyan military personnel in both khaki shades and a
darker colour (?green). In any case, the location of a book
detailing the current Libyan army uniforms was not found, nor did
individuals at External Affairs Canada, Department of National
Defence, or Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security
have access to the information.
Attachments:
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"German Parts Could be Used in Libyan
Missiles, Prosecutor Says", Associated Press, 9 October
1989;
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Carol Williams, "Top Kohl Aide Acknowledges
First Reports on Libyan Affair Date Back to 1980", Associated
Press, 15 February 1989;
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Robert Pear, "U.S. Again Reports Libyan
Role in Terrorism", The New York Times, 19 January 1989;
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Paul Delaney, ""Wayward Bus Trip in Libya
Avoids Factory", The New York Times, 7 January 1989;
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Terry Leonard, "Libya Moves Jets to Desert,
Claims U.S. Preparing for Attack", Associated Press, 6
January 1989;
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Paul Delaney, "New, Mellower Qaddafi Now on
Display in Libya", The New York Times, 9 January 1989.