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U.S. NATO Commander Doesn't Rule Out Al Qaeda Presence in Libyan Rebels
FoxNews.com ^ | March 29, 2011 | Fox News

Posted on 03/29/2011 9:11:59 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner

A U.S. NATO commander does not rule out an Al Qaeda presence in the Libya opposition against Muammar al-Qaddafi.

Adm. James Stavridis says that intelligence has shown "flickers" of potential Al Qaeda in opposition groups but that there is still no detailed picture of rebel groups.

"At this point, I don't have detail sufficient to say there is a significant Al Qaeda presence," Stavridis, who is NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and also the commander of U.S. European Command, said during Senate testimony Tuesday.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; alqaeda; flickers; islam; libya; rebels
And now they're talking about arming them....sheer insanity.
1 posted on 03/29/2011 9:12:02 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

try #61 @ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2696128/posts


2 posted on 03/29/2011 9:15:04 AM PDT by himno hero ("armageddon is well seeded, America will pay"...Barrack Obama)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

With every bullet, A-10 Thunderbolt, AC-130 or nuclear weapon
that NATO gives al Qaeda, NATO is transformed to a more
evil, malignant enemy of the American people.


3 posted on 03/29/2011 9:22:13 AM PDT by Diogenesis (eda)
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Unfreakinbelievable! They are about arm Al-Qaeda.
4 posted on 03/29/2011 9:23:16 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Rumsfeld, Cheney, where are you guys on this???? Forget the GOP, they’re the biggest pussies ever known.


5 posted on 03/29/2011 9:29:19 AM PDT by toddausauras
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I guess Glenn Beck was right again. As he stated that Libya sent the most insurgents to Iraq and now they are back getting US weapons and Libya's oil.
6 posted on 03/29/2011 9:52:20 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

What should one expect from an islamist?


7 posted on 03/29/2011 10:04:47 AM PDT by onedoug (If)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

It may be time to revisit 9-11 was an inside job. The truth is coming to mainstream media, finally.


8 posted on 03/30/2011 2:42:42 PM PDT by Clovis_Skeptic (The answer to 1984 is 1776!)
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