据加拿大政府的调查员披露，在一起利弊攸关的行动背后，中国的高层试图秘密地向利比亚战lord哈法尔将军提供价值10亿美元的无人机，并将之伪造成疫情防控援助物资，这一举动借由联合国官员的协助得以执行。
在这些指控中，国际法庭文件指出，中国国家官员涉嫌合谋，通过联合国官员将这笔42架无人机的巨额交易藏匿起来。据联邦调查局截获的信息显示，从2018年到2021年期间，在加拿大发现了意图向中国出售利比亚石油与购买无人机的阴谋策划。
“中国政府似乎批准了一项策略，旨在通过指定并得到认证的公司采购和配送军事设备以掩盖政府机构直接参与的事实，”调查员这样说道。四月份时，两位在国际民航组织工作的利比亚籍人员——该联合国机构的一个部门，在加拿大被指控合谋实施了这一阴谋计划。案件初审预计将于春季展开。
共和党人提出一项立法提案，内容为将中国进口商品的关税提升一倍，并称这是对中国的报复性措施的一部分。
据首次由《国防新闻》报道的披露信息显示，在蒙特利尔的一起法院诉讼中，为了获取与涉案人员相关的电话访问权，提交了上述文件。调查表明，这一计划显然旨在规避当时有效的联合国制裁措施。
哈法尔将军收到无人机后，是俄罗斯支持下的东部利比亚的强人领袖，他曾在2020年尝试夺取西部利比亚政权但未成功。这批无人机的运输目的，据调查员描述，是为了“快速结束战争而不引起国际社会的关注”，并利用“抗击新冠病毒”作为掩饰。
在该行动中涉及的一名利比亚籍人员Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek已在加拿大被捕，另一名参与者Mahmud Mohamed Elsuwaye Sayeh目前仍在逃。法院文件还指称了一位美国公民的涉案行为，但此人尚未被正式指控。Mhaouek的加拿大律师Andrew Barbacki表示：“我的客户将提出无罪辩护——他否认所有不当行为。”
在法庭文件中透露的消息显示，在2020年5月，Sayeh向中国外交部一名官员发送了请求，提议在中国大使与利比亚军队高级将领Aoun Al-Ferjani之间的会面过程中在埃及进行接触。消息中明确提及这些无人机的攻击和致命能力。
调查人员尚未得知交易是否完成或谈判是否失败。然而，在7月，意大利当局宣布拦截了一批企图运往利比亚班加西市、违反联合国禁运令的中国军用无人机。
新闻来源：www.foxnews.com
原文地址：Investigator reveals China tried to smuggle drones to Libya disguised as COVID aid
新闻日期：2024-09-27
原文摘要：
China attempted to send $1 billion worth of drones disguised as COVID-19 aid to a Libyan warlord through the assistance of corrupt U.N. officials, according to a Canadian government investigator. New court documents accuse Chinese state officials of conspiring to hide the $1 billion deal to offer 42 drones to Libyan General Khalifa Haftar through U.N. officials, who would mark the arms shipments as COVID-19 aid. Through FBI intercepts, Canada’s Royal Mounted Police found alleged plots to sell Libyan oil to China and to buy drones from 2018 to 2021. "The Chinese government seems to have approved a strategy to aid Libya in the procurement and delivery of military equipment through designated and approved companies to obscure the direct involvement of government agencies," the investigator stated. Two Libyan nationals working in Canada at the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, were charged with conspiracy for the scheme in April. A preliminary hearing is expected in the spring. REPUBLICANS PROPOSE BILL THAT WOULD DOUBLE TARIFFS ON CHINESE IMPORTS The accusations, first reported by Defense News, are part of documents submitted in court in Montreal to obtain warrants to access the phones of the men involved. "This scheme appears to be a deliberate attempt to circumvent U.N. sanctions that were in effect at the time," the report said. Haftar, who received the drones, is a Russia-backed strongman who controls eastern Libya. He unsuccessfully tried to seize control of western Libya in 2020. The aim of the drones' shipment was "‘using war to end war quickly’ without attracting the attention of the international community," said the investigator, adding "the fight against the Coronavirus" was used as cover. 95 LIBYAN NATIONALS ARRESTED AT SUSPECTED SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY TRAINING CAMP One of the Libyan nationals involved in the scheme - Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek - was arrested while the other, Mahmud Mohamed Elsuwaye Sayeh, is still at large. The court documents also accuse a U.S. citizen, who has not been charged, of involvement. "My client will plead not guilty - he denies all wrongdoing," said Mhaouek’s lawyer in Canada, Andrew Barbacki. Investigators uncovered a May 2020 message from Sayeh to an official at the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs requesting a meeting in Egypt between the Chinese ambassador and a Libyan military official close to Haftar, Major General Aoun Al-Ferjani. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In the messages, the drones are "clearly described with weaponry, attack and lethal strike capabilities." Investigators are unsure if the deal went through or if talks failed. Italian authorities in July said they seized Chinese military drones that were headed for Benghazi, Libya, in violation of a U.N. embargo.
