Thursday, June 23, 2011

Turkish Rations Feeding Gaddafi Troops

Libyan rebels have been fighting Gaddafi's forces for weeks in the Nafusa mountain range in western Libya.

The rebels are slowly making gains, though, and as Gaddafi's forces flee, they leave behind much of their equipment.

Most of that equipment is quite old: There is a box of ammunition from Gaddafi's stockpiles, for example, dating back to 1978.

Among the supplies at three different bases, Al Jazeera discovered military rations which - according to their labels - were manufactured in Turkey. Bread packets some of inside the rations were produced in March, according to their labels - meaning they were shipped to Libya after the fighting began.

The rations are produced by UNIFO, a Turkish company which specialises in portable rations and meals ready-to-eat, according to its web site.

Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from Libya.