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Is Libya using Italian equipment to strafe protesters?

Arms sales part of close business ties between Italy and the Gaddafi regime.

About 50 Libyan residents of Belgium and their supporters hold posters and shout slogans against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a rally in front of European Union headquarters in Brussels on Feb 23, 2011.

Georges Gobet

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