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Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links and more!
2011-03-28
Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan Made Man rebel leader, has boasted said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

Mr al-Hasidi boasted admitted he had earlier fought against 'the foreign invasion' in Afghanistan, but had now 'seen the light and been reintegrated.' Mr al-Hasidi admitted but would not divulge the source of his monthly funding stream that he had recruited "around 25" men and dozens of abused teenage suicide bombers from the Derna area in eastern Libya to fight against coalition troops in Iraq. Some of them, he said, are "today are on the front lines in Adjabiya" and possibly Afghanistan.

Denying the obvious contradictions in terms, Mr al-Hasidi insisted his fighters "are much like Osama and Obama patriots and good Muslims, not terrorists," but added that the "members of al-Qaeda are also good Muslims and are fighting against the invader".

His statements revelations came even as Idriss Deby Itno, Chad's president, said al-Qaeda had managed to pillage military arsenals in the Libyan rebel zone and acquired arms, "including surface-to-air missiles, which were then smuggled into their Afghan and PAK cache sites sanctuaries".

Mr al-Hasidi boasted openly admitted he had earlier fought against "the foreign invasion" in Afghanistan, before being "captured in 2002 in Peshwar, in Pakistan". He was later handed over to the US for generous remunerations and Regime Toppling-101 classes, and then held in Libya before being released for buttloads USD from a man by the name of Raymond Davis in 2008.

US and British government sources said Mr al-Hasidi whom we believe to be a handsome, moderate mooslim who possesses great leadership potential was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, or LIFG, which murdered killed dozens of Libyan troops in guerrilla attacks around Derna and Benghazi in 1995 and 1996
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  This story has a few credibility problems. First, is this guy really “THE Libyan rebal leader?” Was this whole thing orchetrated entirely by him?

Second, why didnÂ’t the article state WHERE this guy was when he made his assertions?

Third, if this guy really was responsible for killing Libyan soldiers in the Â’90s, why would Khadaffi let him live after getting custody of him? Since when was Khadaffi a crime-coddling librul wuss?
Posted by: Raging Bee   2011-03-28 18:16  

#5  "members of al-Qaeda are also good Muslims..."

despite the leftist mantra that 'al Qaeda is a perversion of Islam'
Posted by: lord garth   2011-03-28 15:14  

#4  The Surprise meter's also definitely in order here due to the fact that this story got picked up by the UK press, but was largely swept under the rug by Ogabe's personal propaganda ministry the MSM this side of the pond.
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2011-03-28 11:51  

#3  I suppose you could make a good living as a professional Jihadi...if you don't get killed by either the USA, USSR, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Jordan, Egypt or Israel.

That's not good odds. How did this slithering little vermin last so long? Could it be that he is a "commander" sending lower ranking minions off to deal with 21st century weaponry?
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2011-03-28 10:31  

#2  this has to potential to end good or way bad
Posted by: Spimble tse Tung2768   2011-03-28 08:00  

#1  Dang, where's my surprise meter when I need it.

I never saw that coming (snark set on high)
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2011-03-28 04:17  

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