[Angelus Errare]

They aren't, to the best of my knowledge, state sponsors of al-Qaeda. They appear to be pawns of one of the many African nations that Taylor has pissed off over the years.

Besides, Taylor has been Qadaffi's puppet for years (he was originally trained in Libya), his alleged Christianity aside. Defeating him is yet another blow to Libya's nascent African empire and what gives Qadaffi a bad day is almost always a good thing.

[Destro]

They funny thing is Qadaffi and al-Qaeda are hostile to each other.