Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's new authorities found chemical weapons about a month ago and asked for international aid in securing them, a top military spokesman for the National Transitional Council told CNN Monday. "We found mustard gas missiles in Jufra and we asked our friends to come and help us," Col. Ahmed Bani said. He was adding details to the announcement Sunday by the National Transitional Council's outgoing prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, that two chemical weapons sites had been discovered. Jibril, speaking to reporters in Tripoli, said the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the Hague and the United States were notified.
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NEW: Libya's new authorities found mustard gas missiles about a month ago, they say
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was notified
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"The United States was notified because it is ... equipped to deal with this issue"
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Gadhafi agreed to destroy his chemical weapons in 2003 and the project was underway
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International inspectors working for the @placeholder left in February, the chemical weapons organization said, and do not know what has happened to Gadhafi's stockpiles since then.
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Jibril said the situation would be handled by the @placeholder and that a delegation from the organization is expected to arrive in Libya on Thursday.
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He declined to give details about the sites or weapons, but said the @placeholder will make an announcement soon.
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Before the outbreak of the crisis the Gadhafi regime had destroyed 55% of its declared amounts of mustard gas and 40% of its precursor chemicals for making weapons, according to the @placeholder.