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AL QAEDA INTEREST IN THE LIBIAN CRISIS
AL QAEDA INTEREST IN THE LIBIAN CRIsIS
An Al Qaeda commander Mohammad Hassan al-Liby (pic) who escaped from a USA prison has urged Libyans to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and establish Islamic rule, the second time the terrorist network has addressed the uprising.
Mohammad Hassan, also known as Yahia al-Liby escaped from a US Bagram prison in Afghanistan on 07/11/2005 (see – Bagram Escape). In a video posted on a militant website, on Sunday 03/20/2011 , Yahia al-Liby said that after the fall of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, it is now Gaddafi’s turn. He added that it would bring shame to the Libyan people if the strongman were allowed to die a peaceful death.
A transcript of the video was provided on Sunday by SITE Intelligence Group, a US organisation that monitors militant messages. The authenticity of his 31-minute video could not be verified, but it was produced by As-Sahab, the media wing of al-Qaeda, and posted late on Saturday on militant websites.
Gaddafi has accused Al Qaeda of being behind the movement seeking to end his more than 40-year rule, though the rebels have no known links to the terrorist organisation.
His message came days after a North African offshoot of MAGHREB al-Qaeda called on Muslims to support the uprising. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said in a statement posted on a militant website last month that it would do whatever it can to support the revolt against Gaddafi, calling him a “criminal tyrant”, but it gave no specifics.
* Euphoric Libyan rebels have moved, on Sunday 08/21/2011 night, into the centre of the capital, Tripoli, as Muammar Gaddafi’s defenders melted away (see – Gaddafi’s Collapse).
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03/2011 -THE LIBIAN CAMPAIGN
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03/2011 -THE SAUDI MOVE
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