Posted on 08/26/2011 9:57:16 AM PDT by ventanax5
Here are three things Americans need to know about the Libyan "rebels" that the U.S. government isn't telling us.
One: The inspiration of the Libyan war is as much anti-Western as it is anti-Gadhafi.
The "Day of Rage" that kick-started the Libyan war on Feb. 17 marked the fifth anniversary of violent protests in Benghazi, which included an assault on the Italian consulate during which at least 11 were killed. The 2006 mayhem, as John Rosenthal has reported, during which consulate staff was evacuated after 1,000 to several thousand men tried to storm and burn the building, may be linked to the Italian TV appearance two days earlier of Italian minister Roberto Calderoli. It was then that Calderoli, in defiance of worldwide Islamic rioting against cartoons of Muhammad in a tiny Danish newspaper, revealed he was wearing an undershirt decorated with such a cartoon. In remarks widely reported in Arab media, Calderoli explained that "the gesture was a matter of a 'battle for freedom.'" The minister said: "When they (the cartoon rioters) recognize our rights, I'll take off the shirt."
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Damn right they’re a bad bunch. Idealists clamor to believe we’re better off with Gaddafi out of power. I don’t. The islamists will sit back for awhile and let the country convulse with instability, then.. at the right time... they’ll come in with an agenda of “security” and “islamic purity.”
Just like the Taliban years ago, and as similar events unfold in our former ally, Egypt.
Just like the Taliban years ago, and as similar events unfold in our former ally, Egypt.
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great summary!
...and i’d add Kosovo’s raging Islamists, covered up by the MSM. NATO bombed Serbs instead.
( NATO should be renamed:
“IPL - Islamist protection League”. )
“Captured al-Qaida documents analyzed at West Point
reveal that not only did Libya send far more recruits per capita to fight with al-Qaida in Iraq than any other nation (including Saudi Arabia), but also that the “rebel” stronghold of Darnah sent more recruits per capita than any other city.”
“This Libyan surge, the report explains, may have been due to the “increasingly cooperative relationship” with al-Qaida ...”
“with al-Qaida”!!!
The "Day of Rage" that kick-started the Libyan war on Feb. 17 marked the fifth anniversary of violent protests in Benghazi... linked to the Italian TV appearance two days earlier of Italian minister Roberto Calderoli... in defiance of worldwide Islamic rioting against cartoons of Muhammad in a tiny Danish newspaper, revealed he was wearing an undershirt decorated with such a cartoon. In remarks widely reported in Arab media, Calderoli explained that "the gesture was a matter of a 'battle for freedom.'" The minister said: "When they (the cartoon rioters) recognize our rights, I'll take off the shirt."
And this was all totally “unexpected”? Yup. Sure. Right. OK.
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