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– MORE LIBYAN WEAPON SEIZED IN EGYPT

Egyptian security forces seized near the Libyan border, on Thursday 05/10/2012, dozens of heavy weapons allegedly bound for the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip, a police official said. Continue reading

– SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI CAPTURED

Muammar Gaddafi's son and one-time heir apparent Saif al-Islam has been detained in the southern desert, Libya's interim justice minister and other officials have said on Saturday 11/19/2011. Continue reading

– SOPHISTICATED LIBYAN WAEPON SIEZED IN SINAI

Egyptian security forces said, on Sunday 09/25/2011, that they have seized eight anti-aircraft missiles and four shoulder launchers in the Sinai Peninsula, AFP reported. Continue reading

– WHO IS ABDELHAKIM BELHAJ?

Abdelhakim Belhaj, who was appointed, in early 08/2011, to Tripoli's rebel military council, was one of the original founders of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group – LIFG. Continue reading

– THE LIBYAN REGIONAL NIGHTMARE

According to some unconfirmed reports The Libyan war has become the global arms market’s richest event in five years and a number of Libyan rebel commanders sold, in late 02/2011, some of the weapon they captured. Continue reading

– NOMAN BENOTMAN

Noman Benotman was born in Libya in 1967, He first adopted radical Islamism in the mid-1980s' after reading the books of Sayyid Qutb. In 1989 he travelled to Afghanistan where he fought against the Soviet Union. Continue reading

– ZAWAHIRI PRAISED “MARTYR” ALI FAKHERI

In a 10-minutes video posted in the web, on Sunday 10/04/2009, acting leader of Al Qaeda Ayman Al Zawahiri paid tribute to a senior militant, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was held in USA secret prisons Continue reading

– ANOTHER LIBYAN, A.F, RELEASED IN U.K

The Home Secretary has released a man regarded as one of UK’S most dangerous terror suspects from virtual house arrest to avoid disclosing secret evidence against him, The Times has learnt, on Sunday 09/06/2009. Continue reading

– FARAJ HASSAN FARAJ AL-SAADI

Farj Hassan Faraj al-Saadi, also known as Abu Hamza al-Liby, was born Libya, on 11/28/1980. He moved to Italy in the late 90s’ and lived for few years in Milan. Continue reading