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AL-QAEDA IN LIBYA: A PROFILE----Prepared by Library of Congress --PDF
Library of Congress ^ | August 2012 | Library of Congress

Posted on 10/29/2012 8:50:17 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

AL-QAEDA IN LIBYA: A PROFILE

A Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division,
Library of Congress

under an Interagency Agreement with the

Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office’s

Irregular Warfare Support Program

August 2012

(Excerpt) Read more at kronosadvisory.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 201108; 201208; algeria; alla; allibi; alqada; alqaida; ansaralsharia; aqim; aqsl; arabawakening; arabspring; atiyahallibi; benghazi; benghazibackground; benhamid; benqumu; binqumu; catchandrelease; gitmo; hayakaalla; ikhwan; libya; lifg; northafrica; pakistan; qhumu; qumu; sahel; salafi; shadowwars; socialmedia; sufianbenqhumu; sufianbenqumu; threatmatrix; wisambenhamid
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3,916 posted on Sat 13 Oct 2012 22:40:21 PDT by AliVeritas

1 posted on 10/29/2012 8:50:22 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: AliVeritas; FARS; TigersEye; Marine_Uncle; onyx; SunkenCiv; blam; Grampa Dave; Fred Nerks

This report attempts to assess al-Qaeda’s presence in Libya. Al-Qaeda Senior Leadership
(AQSL) and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have sought to take advantage of the
Libyan Revolution to recruit militants and to reinforce their operational capabilities in an attempt
to create a safe haven and possibly to extend their area of operations to Libya. Reports have
indicated that AQSL is seeking to create an al-Qaeda clandestine network in Libya that could be
activated in the future to destabilize the government and/or to offer logistical support to al-
Qaeda’s activities in North Africa and the Sahel. AQIM has reportedly formed sleeper cells that
are probably connected to an al-Qaeda underground network in Libya, likely as a way, primarily,
to secure the supply of arms for its ongoing jihadist operations in Algeria and the Sahel. This
report discusses how al-Qaeda and its North African affiliate are using communications media
and face-to-face contacts to shift the still-evolving post-revolutionary political and social
dynamic in Libya in a direction that is conducive to jihad and hateful of the West.
The information in this report is drawn largely from the Internet and Western and Libyan
online publications. Particular attention has been given to AQSL and AQIM sources, especially
propaganda videos featuring their leaders and a written essay from ‘Atiyah al-Libi, an influential
Libyan al-Qaeda leader killed in Pakistan by a U.S. drone strike in August 2011. Although a
wide range of sources were utilized, including those in French and Arabic, as well as in English,
the information found was quite limited and largely presumptive. Given the scarcity of
information, further research is needed to better penetrate the organization of al-Qaeda’s
clandestine network in Libya, its leaders, areas of concentration, and chain of command. The
Web addresses presented in this report were valid as of August 2012.


2 posted on 10/29/2012 8:53:23 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: All; NormsRevenge; SierraWasp; Carry_Okie; tubebender
Do you suppose Obama and Hillary might have been aware of this report?

of course Obama was pretty busy campaigning....

3 posted on 10/29/2012 8:57:03 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Jeff Head; RummyChick; Travis McGee

fyi


4 posted on 10/29/2012 9:05:38 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Probably in one of the Daily Briefings he skipped.


5 posted on 10/29/2012 9:11:20 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: All

1. Al-Qaeda in Libya: A Profile

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 Al-Qaeda has tried to exploit the “Arab Awakening” in North Africa for its own purposes during the past year. Al-Qaeda Senior Leadership (AQSL), based in Pakistan, is likely seeking to build a clandestine network in Libya as it pursues its strategy of reinforcing its presence in North Africa and the Middle East, taking advantage of the “Arab Awakening” that has disrupted existing counterterrorism capabilities. Although AQSL’s previous attempt to co-opt the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) was inconclusive, the Libyan Revolution may have created an environment conducive to jihad and empowered the large and active community of Libyan jihadists, which is known to be well connected to international jihad.

 AQSL’s strategic goals remain restoration of the caliphate, instituting sharia, and ending the Western presence in Muslim lands. Al-Qaeda’s primary goal in Libya is to establish an Islamic emirate as part of its overall objective to reestablish the caliphate.

 AQSL in Pakistan issued strategic guidance to followers in Libya and elsewhere to take advantage of the Libyan rebellion. AQSL’s strategic guidance was to:     

gather weapons,

establish training camps,

build a network in secret,

establish an Islamic state, and

institute sharia.

 AQSL in Pakistan dispatched trusted senior operatives as emissaries and leaders who could supervise building a network. Al-Qaeda has established a core network in Libya, but it remains clandestine and refrains from using the al-Qaeda name.

 Ansar al-Sharia, led by Sufian Ben Qhumu, a former Guantanamo detainee, has increasingly embodied al-Qaeda’s presence in Libya, as indicated by its active social-media propaganda, extremist discourse, and hatred of the West, especially the United States.

 Al-Qaeda adherents in Libya used the 2011 Revolution to establish well-armed, well-trained, and combat-experienced militias. Militia groups, led by Wisam Ben Hamid and Hayaka Alla,

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More on the PDF.

6 posted on 10/29/2012 9:19:12 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Benghazi: A Sea of Al-Qaeda Flags NRO Nov. 5, 2011

Al Qaeda Plants Its Flag in Libya posted October 28, 2011

Niger fears takeover by militants in neighbour Libya July 17, 2011

Exiled Islamists Fuel Libyan Revolution (Obama & NATO islamic allies....) July 19, 2011

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Libyan Rebels Led by "Former-Mujahedeen" from Guantanamo Bay April 02, 2011

Abdel Hakim al-Hasady, an influential Islamic preacher and school teacher, who spent five years in a training camp in eastern Afghanistan, oversees the recruitment, training and deployment of about 300 rebel fighters Darna.

Field Commander Mr. Hasady in the first line is Salah al-Barrani, a veteran of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, or LIFG, which was formed in the early 1990 by the Libyan mujahideen returning home after helping expel the Soviets from Afghanistan and dedicated to the expulsion of Mr Gaddafi's power.

Sufyan bin Qumu, an Army veteran who worked for the Libyan holding company of Usama bin Laden in Sudan and later for a charity linked to al Qaeda in Afghanistan, is the training of recruits many rebels in the city.

Both Ben and colleagues Hasady Qumu Pakistani authorities picked up after the US-led invasion in Afghanistan in 2001 and fell in SU Dr. Hasady reached with Libya in prison two months later. Mr. Ben Qumu spent six years at Guantanamo Bay before he was imprisoned in 2007 killed Libya.

They were both released from prison in Libya in 2008 as part of the liquidation of the Islamists in Libya.

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Jihadists plot to take over Libya

The Washington Times, Bill Gertz; September 4, 2011

Jihadists among the Libyan rebels revealed plans last week on the Internet to subvert the post-Moammar Gadhafi government and create an Islamist state, according to U.S. intelligence agencies.

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Libya: Now What? New American; Thursday, 10 November 2011

Gadhafi Becomes the Enemy

The evidence favors Gadhafi’s version of events. Of course, Gadhafi’s past record of human rights abuses does make his claims suspect, to say the least. But how about the veracity of the rebels? As The New American reported early on, numerous current and former al-Qaeda leaders — as well as other affiliated extremists who boasted of having battled U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan — were largely leading the rebellion. And they had been armed and trained by foreign powers including the U.S. government well before the “international community” officially intervened.

Al-Qaeda & Co. Become Allies

As Gadhafi became public enemy number one, other veteran foes of the U.S. government suddenly went from dangerous terrorists to democratic “freedom fighters.” Most prominent among the terror groups that became Western allies was the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).

According to a 2007 study entitled “Al Qa’ida’s Foreign Fighters in Iraq” by the U.S. military, the organization had an “increasingly cooperative relationship with al-Qa’ida, which culminated in the LIFG officially joining al-Qa’ida on November 3, 2007.” Before that, former CIA boss George Tenet warned the U.S. Senate in 2004 that al-Qaeda-linked groups like the LIFG represented “one of the most immediate threats” to American security.


7 posted on 10/29/2012 9:42:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: TigersEye

Thanks for the additions.


8 posted on 10/29/2012 9:46:39 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: TigersEye
Osama is Dead and Al Queda is on the run......LOL!

I wonder if the Republicans have heard of this?

Guess I might call Rohrbacher's office.

9 posted on 10/29/2012 9:52:20 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Yeah, it looks like al Qaeda is folding up their tents.

And building permanent facilities. Or just taking them.

10 posted on 10/29/2012 9:56:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; TigersEye
Obama could give two beans. He knows from his Islamic studies what that death cult's ultimate goals are.
As for BJ's evil wife. I think she can top him out in the final analysis, perhaps somewhat. But Hildabeast does not run the DOS. She simply is a figure head that follows the advice of those that have been around for many many years. And many of them I am afraid would piss upon the American flag if requested to do so.

One world government types. In a nut shell. Who care less about the United States Constitution and what real personified American patriots value.
How else can I respond.
I'll bookmark this post for further reading as able.
11 posted on 10/29/2012 10:21:25 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: Marine_Uncle

You’re right the State Dept. has long been a den of un-American vipers. They didn’t need a cue from Hillary to jump right on the chance to try and destroy Honduras.


12 posted on 10/29/2012 10:35:44 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: TigersEye
TigersEye,
I'm thinking literally back to say Wilson era, creeping forward, then getting a bit kinky during the pre then FDR years, and only becoming more polarized in many of their, I'll call it views.
You could run the DOS out of say the buildings where the CFR exist in NYC, and get the same results.
Curious. Have you read the little book titled "Non Dare call it Conspiracy" by Gary Allen, written way back in 1970?
If not and you want to weep a bit. I will provide the link here for an eventual read by you. It contains some truly said information all Americans should be aware of. I for one for many years of observing how things play out, and the "players", cannot dismiss what it contains as being bull shit.
Of course what it contains, in many respects could turn off true blue patriot Americans as to their involvement in trying to pick good people to run this nation.

I'll let it go at that. Other then saying. You will see on the left where you can download the full book in PDF form.
13 posted on 10/29/2012 11:15:36 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: Marine_Uncle
Whoops! Frigen earlier carrier ops in a F18E took me off mark :)

It contains some truly said sad information all Americans should be...
14 posted on 10/29/2012 11:19:23 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: Marine_Uncle

Thanks, I bookmarked it. It doesn’t surprise me that the problem at State runs back to the Wilson admin.


15 posted on 10/29/2012 11:21:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: TigersEye
The content of the book may surprise you to some extent. It goes well beyond the scope of what has expired in the State Department over the years. Download the PDF. It may contain some things most of us really would rather not think about but in the final analyze help explain why so called Americans who are suppose to look out for the interest of this nation sometimes do what they do.
I'll leave you in peace with that statement.
16 posted on 10/29/2012 11:27:16 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: Marine_Uncle

OK, I’ll try to make some time to look at it. Thanks.


17 posted on 10/29/2012 11:32:52 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: TigersEye

Your welcome.


18 posted on 10/29/2012 11:35:51 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; TigersEye
I'm finally in a position to start reading a bit of the large Library of Congress document in PDF form. Looks like a wealth of centralized information to wade through.
No response required. Just letting you know I did download the document. Will take some time to go through the whole thing and yellow bookmark areas of key interest.
19 posted on 10/30/2012 5:26:46 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned.)
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