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Listening to the Libyan information minister chappie yesterday - and it also reminded me of Comical Ali.
The site of him standing in central Baghdad denying that the Americans were there - prompting Sky cut to their reporter with a platoon of yanks on the other side of the expanse of wherever they were - who politely asked the commanding officer if there were truly in Baghdad because "that guy over there says we aren't really here".
Last time I checked, he was never charged with the rest of the Saddam regime, in large part because he simply knew nothingComment
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Great - another victory for Al Queda .... this will end very badly - phase two Al Queda V NATO coming up ...
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Mr al-Hasidi admitted that he had recruited "around 25" men 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".
Mr al-Hasidi insisted his fighters "are 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 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 sanctuaries".
Mr al-Hasidi 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, and then held in Libya before being released in 2008.
I would like to know - just who gave permission for this Al Queda chap to be released ??? How many British and Americans has he killed - its a disgraceLast edited by AlfredJPruffock; 22 August 2011, 07:46.Comment
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If its on Wikipedia it MUST be trueOriginally posted by TimberWolf View Post
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It's victory for people of Libya and this time the West helped them win their freedom rather than supply weapons of oppression to yet another dictator, refreshing change.Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
Now they will sell oil to the West and improve their standard of living nicely, some sense of justice too and the next dictator in that country would know what awaits him, good news all around.
As for Al Quaeda then it's far more dangerous in Yemen.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
So you support All Queda in Libya - fair enough. But thats not a victory for the Libyan people .Comment
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I support people fighting against tyrants for their freedom.Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
I don't think there is much Al Queda there at all, but if their focus shifts to fighting for freedom in their own countries rather than trying to blow up Western targets then such change would be very welcome.Comment
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Im sorry - I will not support any group which has Al Queda members - no excuses and no exceptions - totally unaceptable.Originally posted by AtW View Post
Disgraceful.Comment
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I support (in principle) people who fight for their freedom against tyrants.Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock View Post
Just because some members of terrorist group join them or claimed to have joined won't affect my support. It's very convenient for tyrants to claim rebels have bad elements (who doesn't), but it should be discounted so long as it's not material.
Now if Al Quaeda becomes substantial force like it happened with Taleban and after winning freedom in local territory they start training or planning for attacks, then it's another matter altogether.
As for disgrace I think given your support for Putin you've got no leg to stand on.Comment
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Gaddafi already looks like a corpse:
And the disguise doesn't help:
Posing as a traffic warden
They seek him here, they seek him there
Nato seeks him everywhere
Is he in heaven? Is he in hell?
That damned, elusive Muammar Muhammad al-GaddafiComment
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