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Libya rebels use discards to make own weapons
With a shortage of arms, fighters have been creating weapons from discards and scraps.
Last Modified: 14 Jun 2011 12:13

As the war in Libya stretches on, the availability of arms and ammunition is becoming a problem for rebel fighters.

A school in Misurata has become the laboratory for invention of new weapons with the help of discards and scraps.

Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from the city.
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