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Know how Libyan tyrant Gaddafi had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction

New Delhi: Following the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq  by US forces in 2003, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi announced that his nation had an active weapons of mass destruction program, but was willing to

India TV News Desk Updated on: November 12, 2013 6:42 IST


In 1977, he tried to obtain a nuclear bomb from Pakistan, but Pakistan severed ties before Libya succeeded in building a weapon.  




After ties were restored, Gaddafi attempted to buy a nuclear weapon from India, but instead, India and Libya agreed for  peaceful use of nuclear energy, in line with India's “atoms for peace” policy.









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