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 ...
more like deplete our missle stocks while using them to further his muzzcomm agenda in a graeter caliphate in mideast-africa...
Agreed
One good thing about this, is that those groups will now be outed for precisely who they are. FRAUDS
Thank you.
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.
Libya Islamists 'seize arms, take hostages' (This is how it all started--with an Al Qaeda attack)
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