claim: u.s. military involvement in libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical islamists."
author: rand paul
evidence_1: aug 2, 2016 ... as u.s. armed forces attack isis in libya, wikileaks is poised to remind ... just  as in libya, where mrs. clinton championed the strategy of arming islamist “ rebels,” the ... sure that qaddafi's military arsenals did not fall into terrorist hands.  ... included sa-7 surface-to-air anti-craft missiles and rocket-propelled ...
evidence_2: mar 25, 2013 ... a manpad missile (man-portable air defence systems) is detonated along ...  the missiles have been tracked as having gone to al qaeda islamic maghreb ( aqim), ... the program to recover manpads in libya was funded by the u.s. and  said to ... most were presumed to be in "responsible military hands.
evidence_3: apr 17, 2014 ... al-nusrah front's relative freedom of operation within syria leads us to assess ...  below ground, so the two b-52 air wings with two-thousand pound bombs ... at  this stage, obama's premise – that only the syrian army was capable of .... with  such missiles, warning that the weapons could fall into the hands of ...
evidence_4: nov 30, 2015 ... “in 2012, the gun-running into libya turned around and began to flow ... out [ surface-to-air missiles] sams from libya on libyan ships to turkey for ... who  provided a first-hand account of the incident, retired u.s. air force lt. col. ...  clinton was asked about the gun running operation when testifying before ...
evidence_5: sep 2, 2014 ... kenneth m. pollack presents his strategy for u.s. intervention in the syrian civil  war: ... opposition army capable of defeating both assad's forces and the islamist  ... and the most radical islamist militants, since both threaten u.s. interests. ....  artillery, and surface-to-air missiles — vital tools for eliminating the ...