Posted on 05/11/2009 11:54:49 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi, whose real name was Ali Mohammed al-Fakheri, 46, took his own life in his prison cell, according to the Libyan newspaper Oea.
Information gained from the interrogation of al-Libi was cited on several occasions by the Bush administration as justification for the war in Iraq.
He told his CIA interrogators that al-Qaeda had sent two men to Iraq to seek training in chemical and biological weapons in December 2000. Classified documents added that the men did not return, so al-Libi did not know whether the training took place, and that, in any case, he was probably "intentionally misleading the debriefers".
Al-Libi recanted the story in January 2004, although George Tenet, the former director of the CIA, wrote later: "The fact is, we don't know which story is true, and since we don't know, we can assume nothing."
Noman Benotman, a Libyan who was once close to al-Libi, said two years ago that al-Libi had been sent to Libya, adding that he was "extremely ill, suffering from tuberculosis and diabetes".
Al-Libi was said to be involved with Abu Zubaydah in running the Khalden, training camp in Afghanistan, where Zacarias Moussaoui, a member of the September 11 gang, received instruction.
He was captured in Pakistan in early 2002 and sent first to Kanadahar in Afghanistan, then to the USS Bataan and finally to Guantanamo Bay, before he was sent to Egypt for further interrogation.
He had been visited recently by a team from Human Rights Watch at the Fakheri in jail in Libya, and had been in contact with the legal charity Reprieve.
Clive Stafford Smith from Reprieve, said: "We are told that al Libi committed suicide in his Libyan prison. If this is true it would be because of his torture and abuse, if false, it may reflect
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Allahu fubar!
Why is everyone assuming this is true. Best way to get a guy like this back into circulation is to announce his death. In case y’all haven’t noticed, Libya has been wafflingas of late and this effort may be to buy their way back in to AO’s good graces since the so-called leader of the free world is wimping out on everything international while destroying it from within. The power shift is on.
Did any lawyers from Eric Holder’s firm visit him and offer him asylum here in the US?
Just asking.
Good riddance
Deus Volt!
No. You don’t get 72 virgins unless you take out innocents with you or at least try. The blood God is not pleased with him.
Note: Photo of a younger Al-Libi included.
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Blog:
http://jarretbrachman.net/?p=559
“Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi Dies in Libyan Prison”
SNIPPET: “Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi (Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Fakhiri) was beloved by al-Qaida, particularly the Libyans. This is going to send Abu Yahya al-Libi through the roof.”
SNIPPET: “As an aside, here’s what Abu Musab al-Suri had to say about Ibn al-Sheikh in Call to Global Islamic Resistance:
The Khaldan Camp is a general training camp. This is the oldest Arab camp. It goes back to the days of Sheikh Abdullah Azaam and his Services Bureau. The amir of this camp is Sheikh Al-Mujhad known by the name Ibn Al-Sheikh Salah Al-Libi (may Allah release him) and his supporter Abu Zubaydah (may Allah release him). The goal of the camp was to train and support jihad in any part of the world. The camp was established in 1989. Approximately 20,000 individuals have been trained in this camp over the years.”
(May 12, 2009)
Blog:
www.almaqreze.net/bayanat/artcl082.html
jarretbrachman.net/?p=563
“Hani Takes the First Swing on Al-Libi Death”
SNIPPET: “Stay tuned - this is a big story in the eyes of the jihadists.”
Given the circumstances, I believe he is entitled only to 32.
Khalden camp is where al Qaeda was testing poison gas on rabbits
So did HRW give him a cyanide pill?
Even worse... ISIS was in Iraq before they adopted that cute little name.
But CNN and Time magazine quoted a former al Qaeda leader, Noman Benotman, as saying al-Adel was the interim leader of the terrorist group.---http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2721326/posts
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