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The 181 L-39 Albatros fighters sold to Libya in the 1980's by the then-communist Czech government...are suited to strafe protestors reports the daily Lidove noviny.
The Albatros' predecessor, the L-29 Delfin ("Dolphin"), was used against ground targets in Nigeria in the1960s.
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