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British Newspaper: SAS secretly training Libyan special forces

by mudricky | September 12, 2009 at 07:33 am

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British newspaper the Telegraph have reported that British special forces, the SAS have been training Libyan special forces in counter-terrorism techniques.

A source from the SAS told the newspaper that he believes there is a possible link between the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi and that's the reason why they may have been sent there.

The Telegraph source was quoted as saying: "The IRA was our greatest adversary now we are training their backers."

WThere was a weary rolling of the eyes when we were told about this."

The Telegraph also report that the SAS sent a stong 14 man team.

An SAS team has been training Libyan special forces in counter-terrorism techniques, a newspaper claims.
The Daily Telegraph reports that a team of up to 14 men have been providing training in areas including covert surveillance for six months.

An SAS source quoted by the paper suggests a possible link between the training and the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.

A Foreign Office spokesman said the suggestion of such a link was untrue.

The Ministry of Defence does not comment on special forces activities, and neither confirmed nor denied the Telegraph's report.

But defence sources said that if they were to undertake such training it would be for regular forces only, says BBC defence correspondent Caroline Wyatt.