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Libya: the West and al-Qaeda on the same side
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | March 18, 2011 | Richard Spencer

Posted on 03/20/2011 2:00:59 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

Statements of support for Libya's revolution by al-Qaeda and leading Islamists have led to fears that military action by the West might be playing into the hands of its ideological enemies.

WikiLeaks cables, independent analysts and reporters have all identified supporters of Islamist causes among the opposition to Col Gaddafi's regime, particularly in the towns of Benghazi and Dernah.

An al-Qaeda leader of Libyan origin, Abu Yahya al-Libi, released a statement backing the insurrection a week ago, while Yusuf Qaradawi, the Qatar-based, Muslim Brotherhood-linked theologian issued a fatwa authorising Col Gaddafi's military entourage to assassinate him.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; gaddafi; libya; obama; palin; qaddafi; terrorism; war
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To: NFHale
FuBO’s moment to prove he has cajones

more like deplete our missle stocks while using them to further his muzzcomm agenda in a graeter caliphate in mideast-africa...

61 posted on 03/21/2011 10:03:57 AM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: Gilbo_3

Agreed


62 posted on 03/21/2011 10:23:23 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The only thing higher than Obama's chin, is his ass facing West five times a day.)
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To: NFHale

One good thing about this, is that those groups will now be outed for precisely who they are. FRAUDS


63 posted on 03/21/2011 10:31:13 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The only thing higher than Obama's chin, is his ass facing West five times a day.)
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To: TheOldLady

Thank you.


64 posted on 03/21/2011 12:28:38 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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To: Retain Mike
Actually? Thank you.  :-)
65 posted on 03/21/2011 12:35:34 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: 1010RD

Not much good. Generations of monkeys would not keep pushing the green button when it never gave them a banana, so the liberals cannot even claim chimps as ancestors.


66 posted on 03/21/2011 5:24:36 PM PDT by Retain Mike
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The missing piece...

Libya Islamists 'seize arms, take hostages' (This is how it all started--with an Al Qaeda attack)

67 posted on 03/25/2011 7:47:28 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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