Iran appears to have transported chemical weapons to Libya

“Iran may have sent Libya shells for chemical weapons, U.S. officials say

The Obama administration is investigating whether Iran supplied the Libyan government of Moammar Gaddafi with hundreds of special artillery shells for chemical weapons, U.S. officials said. The highly toxic arsenal, which Libya kept secret for decades, was uncovered in recent weeks by rebel fighters at two sites in central Libya and has prompted a U.S. intelligence-led probe into how the Libyans obtained them. 

"We are pretty sure we know" the shells were custom-designed and produced in Iran for Libya, said a senior U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the accusation, which an Iranian spokesman rejected. Confirmed evidence of Iran's provision of the specialized shells would likely exacerbate international tensions over the country's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.

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