As the battles raged across Libya, Muammar Gaddafi's tanks and munitions were targeted by NATO forces and he urgently needed new weapons to keep a check on the uprising seeking to ends his 4 decade rule.<br /><br />Now, newly discovered documents by a reporter in a pile of trash, suggest that he turned to China with a $200 million purse to negotiate the sale of pistols, small arms, night vision, equipment missiles and more.<br /><br />China says this was done without the government's knowledge and no contracts were signed.<br /><br />The revelations, will however definitely affect the National Transitional Council's relationship with China and how contracts may be awarded in the future says its oil and finance minister.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's James Bays reports from Tripoli.
