Gaddafi Plotted Bombings in Tunisia, AQIM Smuggled Arms to Algeria, Revelations

A Tunisian security source revealed that the Tunisian Army forces’ military operation conducted on border with Algeria, a couple of days ago, has permitted recouping a big load of arms originated from Libya.

Meanwhile, a Libyan colonel on Monday disclosed that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had sent him to Tunis to bomb an Arab embassy.

The source mentioned that three suspects, originated from Tunisia and Libya, have been arrested during the aforementioned operation, and who revealed to detectives that the seized weapons carried in 8 four wheels drive vehicles, were about to be transported to terror fiefs in mountains of Tebessa province, eastern Algeria. 

Yet, the arm traffickers preferred to attempt smuggling the weapons from the border of Tunisia with Algeria rather than through border of Libya, regarding the tough security cordon installed by Algerian joint security forces there. 

The source said a group of traffickers have likely managed intruding with their arm loads to Algeria, according to the three suspects’ revelations. 

Meanwhile, a Libyan colonel disclosed that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had sent him to Tunis to bomb an Arab embassy. The Defense Ministry has confirmed the claim.

Col. Abdelrazak Rajhi surrendered to Tunisian authorities last Friday, according to Tunisia’s Col. Maj. Mokhtar Ben Nasser.

Nasser said that Rajhi told authorities that he entered Tunisia on July 30 with his family from the southern Ras Jdir border post along with 16 kilograms of explosives to bomb one of the Arab nation’s embassies to derail the Tunisian revolution.

Rajhi added that he chose that border post for entry because the check point did not have equipment to detect explosives.

“The last contact I had (with the regime) was back on Aug. 10,” he said during a press conference. “My superiors called me and asked me to speed up and carry out the attack as quickly as possible.”

Ben Nasser said that Tunis did not arrest Rajhi, but instead thanked him. The Libyan officer declined to say which embassy was the target.