Libya: UAE firm breached UN arms embargo over decommissioned ship, Security Council told

[dBSPL]

Libyan warlord paid €1.35m for ex-Irish Naval vessel sold by Ireland for €100,000

UAE firm breached UN arms embargo over decommissioned ship, Security Council told

The Irish Naval Service patrol ship LÉ Aisling: originally sold to a Dutch firm and later sold by a company in the United Arab Emirates to one of the participants in the civil war in Libya

The former Irish Naval Service patrol ship, the LÉ Aisling, was sold to one of the participants in the civil war in Libya last year in breach of a UN arms embargo, the UN Security Council has been told.

The embargo was breached by a company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), about a year after the decommissioned vessel was sold by the State to a Dutch shipping broker, according to a UN report.

The State sold the offshore patrol vessel for €110,000 to the Dutch company. The Dutch company sold it a year later, for $525,000 (€473,000), to the company in the UAE, which almost immediately sold it to a company in Libya for $1.5 million (€1.3 million).

Al Karama: now refitted with weapons, the vessel was formerly the Irish Naval Service patrol ship LÉ Aisling, having been originally sold to a Dutch firm

The details of what happened to the former Irish naval vessel are set out in a report just filed by the Expert Panel on Libya to the UN Security Council.

Former Irish naval vessel sold to Libyan civil war leader
A spokeswoman for the Department of Defence said it had no “trailing obligations” in relation to the vessel, and that the resale of the ship was a matter for its purchaser.


The ship was decommissioned with all of its weaponry, defensive equipment and specialist naval equipment removed before it was put up for public auction and bought by a Dutch shipbroker, following which it was towed from Haulbowline to Holland, she said.

According to the UN report, the ship is now called the Al Karama (Dignity), has been refitted with cannons such as the ones it had when it was owned by the Irish naval service, and belongs to forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, a “warlord” who launched an assault on the Libyan capital, Tripoli earlier this year.


Haftar is receiving military support from the UAE and Egypt, while the UN-recognised government of national accord in Tripoli is receiving support from Turkey, all in contravention of the UN arms embargo.

The department spokeswoman said the LÉ Aisling was never deployed in the Mediterranean as part of the operations aimed at helping migrants fleeing Libya and other war-torn locations.

She said the rescue missions in the Mediterranean had been suspended earlier this year and there were currently no plans for the Irish naval service to resume deployment there. The department had not been contacted by the expert panel about the former Irish naval vessel, she said.

by Colm Keena
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cri...-vessel-sold-by-ireland-for-100-000-1.4112621

 

[Amun]

What about this

 

[dBSPL]

Are this M60s delivered from KSA reserve or Egyptian?

The military bases of the UAE and the support of billions of dollars of weapons and equipment is another title. Are Russian mercenaries fighting for Libya? How have the Pantsir system and hundreds of MRAPs supplied by the UAE(and partners) entered Libya?

There, Bayraktar TB2's flying is not a purpose, but a result.

In return for your military support to your spoiled warlord, did you think legitimate government would do nothing?

Hafter is the cause of Chad failure and he works always with money. If you give him money, he will return to his country and never hesitate to divide the country by military coup.

 

[Saddam Hussein]

What a bunch of faggot leaders we have in the Arab world, Saddam would have invaded all of Libya and Arabized Haftar together with any other semi-Arab that stands in the way from day one. That is the only legitimate way and the right way to operate, all other methods are haram.

 

[Amun]

What a bunch of faggot leaders we have in the Arab world, Saddam would have invaded all of Libya and Arabized Haftar together with any other semi-Arab that stands in the way from day one. That is the only legitimate way and the right way to operate, all other methods are haram.

Let’s wait and see ..... Libya will be the grave for the new Ottman invaders.

 

[dani92]

The so called Arab spring made our countries weaker and more open for interference of the Ajams.

 

[Oublious]

The so called Arab spring made our countries weaker and more open for interference of the Ajams.

That happens when a dictator lives for 40 years on his people back. Like before the spring you wher all strong.

 

[dani92]

That happens when a dictator lives for 40 years on his people back. Like before the spring you wher all strong.

At least these countries were safer and more stable.

 

[Hack-Hook]

The State sold the offshore patrol vessel for €110,000 to the Dutch company. The Dutch company sold it a year later, for $525,000 (€473,000), to the company in the UAE, which almost immediately sold it to a company in Libya for $1.5 million (€1.3 million).

And they wonder why things are so expensive for the people around the world and why there are so many people that can't have a normal life. It's one example on how some make money by doing nothing and a guy had to pay several time the actual price for what he buy.

Are this M60s delivered from KSA reserve or Egyptian?

The military bases of the UAE and the support of billions of dollars of weapons and equipment is another title. Are Russian mercenaries fighting for Libya? How have the Pantsir system and hundreds of MRAPs supplied by the UAE(and partners) entered Libya?

There, Bayraktar TB2's flying is not a purpose, but a result.

In return for your military support to your spoiled warlord, did you think legitimate government would do nothing?

Hafter is the cause of Chad failure and he works always with money. If you give him money, he will return to his country and never hesitate to divide the country by military coup.

I wonder why KSA and Egypt still keeping them .