NAPLES – A NATO maritime task force charged with preventing arms from entering Libya said on Thursday they cannot be sure of blocking all routes into the country but “are closing the main front door.” “The sea is the easiest, fastest and most direct way to get arms into Libya. We are cutting off that area,” Rinaldo Veri, head of Operation Protector told reporters at NATO’s navy base in Naples, headquarters for the embargo mission. “I hope we can close all the windows, but one thing is sure: we are closing the main front door,” he said. “The operation will assist in reducing the number of arms, related materials and mercenaries to and from the coastal waters of Libya,” Veri said.
NATO blocks ‘front door’ for arms smugglers into Libya
