US, allies see urgent need for action on Libya missiles
By REUTERS
BRUSSELS - The United States and its EU and NATO allies see a need for urgent action to prevent shoulder-fired missiles in Libya falling into the hands of militant groups, a senior US official said on Friday."We are very concerned about the threat that's posed," Andrew Shapiro, US assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, told a news briefing after meetings with EU and NATO officials in Brussels.Shapiro said he had no estimate as to how many of the estimated 20,000 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles that had been in Libya were unaccounted for since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, but added: "In the wrong hands these systems could pose a potential threat to civil aviation.""There was broad consensus about the urgency of this threat and the need to take urgent action to address it."
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