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France air-dropped weapons to Libya’s anti-Kadhafi rebels in early June, defence officials confirmed Wednesday after a report in Le Figaro newspaper. They hope that Berber tribes will and other insurgents can get near to Tripoli and spark an uprising in the capital.<\/p>\n

After Le Figaro quoted a secret memo and anonymous officials who said the arms were unloaded above the Djebel Nafusa region where Berber tribes have joined the anti-Kadhafi revolt, general staff spokesperson Colonel Thierry Burkhard confirmed the drops had taken place.<\/p>\n

He told the AFP news agency that they were light arms intended to allow civilians to protect themselves from Kadhafi’s troops.<\/p>\n

“We began by dropping humanitarian aid: food, water and medical supplies,” he said. “During the operation, the situation for the civilians on the ground worsened. We dropped arms and means of self-defence, mainly ammunition.”<\/p>\n

Burkhard described the arms as “light infantry weapons of the rifle type” and said the drops were carried out over several days “so that civilians would not be massacred”.<\/p>\n

The Le Figaro report said that the shipments included assault rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, as well as European-made Milan anti-tank missiles.<\/p>\n

“If the rebels can get to the outskirts of Tripoli, the capital will take the chance to rise against Kadhafi,” said an official quoted in the report.<\/p>\n

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