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Escobar: Al-Qaeda asset is military commander of Tripoli

Published time: August 26, 2011 22:06
Edited time: August 27, 2011 03:28
Lybia, Tripoli : A Libyan rebel flashes the victory sign while driving through a seaside road in Tripoli at sunset on August 26, 2011. ( AFP Photo / Filippo Monteforte)
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Speaking to RT today live from Brazil, Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar said that an al-Qaeda asset is now leading the military of rebel-controlled Libya.

According to Escobar, Abdelhakim Belhadj, who commanded a military offensive in Libya over the weekend, has become the de facto commander of the Tripoli armed forces. Belhadj has also, says Escobar, was trained in Afghanistan by a

“very hardcore Islamist Libyan group.”

Escobar says that Taliban-linked sources overseas have confirmed Belhadj as the new commander. In the aftermath of 9/11, the CIA began tracking Belhadj, who was eventually captured in Malaysia in 2003. Escobar says that he was then tortured in Bangkok before being transferred back to Libya and imprisoned. He made a deal that allowed for his release in 2009 and as of this week is the military commander of Tripoli.

“I can say almost for sure with 95 percent certainty that this is the guy,” Escobar confirms.

Comments (11)

Idiots on the farm 29.08.2011 21:05

Bianca wrote in #6
CIA began "tracking him"?  You meant training him.   Connect the dots, and it is more then clear that the extreme "islam" is the product of Saudi/US collaboration, and that behind all such organizations there is money and logistical support by a motley crew of western intelligence ap paratus. 
just a google top reply to your crackhead answer Assassin s (Hashishiyyin) (Persia & Syria, 11th-12th Century)From Am y Zalman, Ph.D.,

http://terro rism.about.com/od/gr oupsleader1/p/Assass ins.htm



    

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Pepe stopped the crack 29.08.2011 13:46

So what now Pepe?

You had enough time off the crack pipe to figure this?

You were a cheerleader all the while they were attacking Gaddafi you
worthless media whore!

Bianca extreme Islam was around before you lost your freaking mind.
the 12 century they smoked hash and went beserk like you are now

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Allen (unregistered) 29.08.2011 00:50

Comet Elinin or planet X (Nibiru) is approaching and passing Earth soon, pole shift will occur as a mater of hours, Evil and his supporters will be destroyed, Earth and humanity will survive and enter new age, The Golden age.

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