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    US warns oil firms in North Africa of Qaida threat

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is warning Western oil companies operating in North Africa of a potential al-Qaida threat to their personnel and facilities from weapons seized in the Libyan conflict.

    The State Department said Friday in a statement that the U.S. Embassy in Algeria had picked up threat information and moved quickly to alert potential targets. The statement did not elaborate, but a department official said the threat related to weapons, including shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, that may have been obtained by terrorists affiliated with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, the group's North Africa wing. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

    The U.S. and other nations have grown increasingly worried about the whereabouts of large amounts of Libyan weaponry that have gone missing.

     

    18 comments

    • Spoken  •  8 mths ago
      Has anyone noticed the lack of ability to comment or discuss(reply) on many political articles...is Yahoo trying to control us??????
      • Thomas M 8 mths ago
        I guess we're on their playground.
    • robert  •  8 mths ago
      i guess gas prices are going up again......new accuse
      • JungleBear 8 mths ago
        all they need is for someone to fart in the building and gas goes up 10cents
    • --Sweet Home Alabama---  •  8 mths ago
      It's Real easy to Create Glass ya know...all it takes is sand...a little Heat an Whaammo.

      Rebel
    • Starman  •  8 mths ago
      We all knew Libya had the weapons! Did anyone think to put boots on the ground to keep them out of the wrong hands? Maybe it's time for Western oil companies to start drilling in North America!
    • Brenda M  •  8 mths ago
      salaam,
      Wandering where lots of Iraqi cash went missing in robbery accountings
    • Brenda M  •  8 mths ago
      salaam,
      On the wings of Thugs brought uncivilized treatment plans
    • Holy Toledo  •  8 mths ago
      NATO wants to get rid of China and Russia from the oil fields of Libya... but unfortunately, China and Russia are superpowers ... and Europe is broke... worse, the islamists have their own agenda....we in asia is just laughing at the greed of the white men....
    • Holy Toledo  •  8 mths ago
      Now they are worried... isn't it a bit too late.... they should have realised that before they actively toppled Gadafi.... he may be a dictator but he is the only sane person around.. now we have a bunch of islamists in control.... and Gadafi have been warning the world about this islamists... and if they think they can walk in and take the oil... they are wrong... look at iraq and afganistan...
    • Greg  •  8 mths ago
      GREED
    • Greg  •  8 mths ago
      Government By Fear...
    • awsm12  •  8 mths ago
      LOL! NOW the US is worried about islamist groups taking over in North Africa, AFTER the US refused to support the leaders (Mubarak,Qaddafi) who had prevented the islamists from taking over the region. Washington shoots itself in the foot again. XD
    • x  •  8 mths ago
      I thought Fast And Furious weapons went to Mexico,oops my bad.
      Why would i think that.
    • bentot  •  8 mths ago
      NATO have created a bigger problem now that they have bomb Libya.....
      don't know if they are morons or what, haven't they learn a lesson or two from Iraq,better to have a dictator that you can control with a few bombs than a so called "democracy" but with no control over thousands of extremist ..... such a loser !
    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 mths ago
      At least they have someone to fight. Our government is worse on oil companys than Al quida.
    • guapo  •  8 mths ago
      Why were they there in the first place?
      • Thomas M 8 mths ago
        It's the largest know supply of natural whipped cream in the world.
      • Greg 8 mths ago
        GREED
      • DK 8 mths ago
        Because the stupid Demcrats & Obuma won't let our American companies drill in offshore here in th US. No that would create jobs and they don't want that because they wouldn't be union jobs.
    • pearl  •  8 mths ago
      No nation building. Ron Raul 2012.
    • J G  •  8 mths ago
      Obama's Libyan Oil War has now given control of weaponry and oil reserves to the fundamentalists. NObamaCON
    • Kwitchurbellieakin  •  8 mths ago
      Well if the US and other nations have grown increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of large amounts of Libyan weaponry that have gone missing why don't they ask Odumbo where they are since it was his bright idea to go into Libya in the first place.

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