So long a-hole.
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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So long a-hole.
Will that Spanish judge, the ACLU, Obama and the United Nations try to indict the Libyans?
Does he still get his 72 virgins?
I’m all torn up over this loss. /sarcasm
Libyan Suicide:
Shot himself in the head seven times.
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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.
In addition to the FACT that Saddam Hussaid violated 15 UN resolutions and repetedly denied weapons inspectors access and was found to have been lying about many other details about weapons programs the 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 or could have been "intentionally misleading the debriefers...which can not in any case be proven but given the weight of all the other evidence had to be run to ground".
Because he was now in sympathetic hands 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".
Information obtained by several covert sources indicated that 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. These groups have been sympathetic to the situation he put himself in to the point of glossing over all his criminal activity.
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
So, ah, Bush, ah, ah, didn’t ah, ah, lie? Al Queda was in Iraq?
This “suicide” is about as believable as Admiral Boorda shooting himself on his doorway.
may they ALL share a similar fate
Cheney had this guy offed. He had been waterboarded 367 times a month for at least five years and he had to be silenced before Cheney went on Face The Nation yesterday. Proof of this can be found at Huffington Post, DU and the kos potty mouthed kids.
Yes, and we care about this because.............
So Bush was right, and saved peoples lives.
I thought that was Arkancide. Libyan suicide would be cutting off your own head.
I’m sure the Libyans know how to treat an AQ guy when they want info.
“Libyan Suicide:
Shot himself in the head seven times.”
Bwahahahahaaaaa....
Good riddance. I hope they shoved his body in the dumpster along with the rest of the garbage.
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