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International
Libya plans to take in more "Afghan Arabs"
2002-02-17
  • A son of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi said his charity plans to bring home more Arabs from Afghanistan after a successful repatriation of 44 Arabs who left Afghanistan through Pakistan for Libya. Seif El Islam Qadhafi, head of the Qadhafi International Association for Charitable Organisations, told reporters that the operation was facing difficulties because large numbers of Arabs had fled to Pakistan without identification cards and their stay there was considered illegal.

    He said some of the Arabs who agreed to be flown back to their homes were unable to travel “because their governments did not agree on that and the government of Pakistan would not allow them to leave without their governments' approval.” Al Qaeda may have cells in Libya, but Muammar Qadhafi also is known to have cracked down on Libyan Islamic militants. The Libyan leader, once a sworn enemy of the United States, has condemned the Sept. 11 attacks but maintains that he won't brand Ben Laden a terrorist until an international conference agrees on a definition of “terrorism.”
    There's a reason he wants to take them in, and it's probably not altruistic concern for the welfare of aging vets of the Soviet war.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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