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March 27, 2011
Libyan Rebel Commander Admits His Fighters Have al-Qaeda Links
Why is Obama helping Al-Qaeda in Libya?
Why is America helping terrorists who fought against the US in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Did Obama ask any of these questions before he rushed into war?
Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links
Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Mr al-Hasidi admitted that he had recruited "around 25" men from the Derna area in eastern Libya to fight against coalition troops in Iraq. Some of them, he said, are "today are on the front lines in Adjabiya".
Mr al-Hasidi insisted his fighters "are patriots and good Muslims, not terrorists," but added that the "members of al-Qaeda are also good Muslims and are fighting against the invader".
His revelations came even as Idriss Deby Itno, Chad's president, said al-Qaeda had managed to pillage military arsenals in the Libyan rebel zone and acquired arms, "including surface-to-air missiles, which were then smuggled into their sanctuaries".
Mr al-Hasidi admitted he had earlier fought against "the foreign invasion" in Afghanistan, before being "captured in 2002 in Peshwar, in Pakistan". He was later handed over to the US, and then held in Libya before being released in 2008.
Earlier this month, al-Qaeda issued a call for supporters to back the Libyan rebellion, which it said would lead to the imposition of "the stage of Islam" in the country.
British Islamists have also backed the rebellion, with the former head of the banned al-Muhajiroun proclaiming that the call for "Islam, the Shariah and jihad from Libya" had "shaken the enemies of Islam and the Muslims more than the tsunami that Allah sent against their friends, the Japanese".
Wild Thing's comment........
Mr al-Hasidi admitted he had earlier fought against "the foreign invasion" in Afghanistan, before being "captured in 2002 in Peshwar, in Pakistan". He was later handed over to the US, and then held in Libya before being released in 2008.
Gaddafi knowlingly released an Al Qaeda, al-Hasidi. Gaddafi’s son pushed release this Al Qaeda terrorist on the basis that they renounced terrorism
So Obama has committed our troops to fight for Al-Quieda .OMG This is one reason to confer with Congress, they have this information.
Posted by Wild Thing at March 27, 2011 07:47 AM
Comments
Was al-Hasidi one of the many Gitmo prisoners released? What kind of deal did we have with Gaddafi regarding Gitmo releases? Strange things happening in this war.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at March 27, 2011 01:00 PM
Tom, I agree , very strange. I saw one article that said he had been at Gitmo and then another oen that said he had never been there. I wish they would make their minds up.
Posted by: Wild Thing at March 28, 2011 04:35 AM
