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Africa North
Rebel Commander in Libya Fought Against U.S. in Afghanistan
2011-03-25
On his own admission, rebel leader Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi fought American troops in Afghanistan and recruited Libyans to fight American troops in Iraq.
How is he different from the Democratic Underground?
Shortly after unrest broke out in eastern Libya in mid-February, reports emerged that an "Islamic Emirate" had been declared in the eastern Libyan town of Darnah and that, furthermore, the alleged head of that Emirate, Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi, was a former detainee at the American prison camp in Guantanamo. The reports, which originated from Libyan government sources, were largely ignored or dismissed in the Western media.

Now, however, al-Hasadi has admitted in an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore that he fought against American forces in Afghanistan. (Hat-tip: Thomas Joscelyn at the Weekly Standard.) Al-Hasadi says that he is the person responsible for the defense of Darnah -- not the town's "Emir." In a previous interview with Canada's Globe and Mail, he claimed to have a force of about 1,000 men and to have commanded rebel units in battles around the town of Bin Jawad.

"I have never been at Guantanamo," al-Hasadi explained to Il Sole 24 Ore. "I was captured in 2002 in Peshawar in Pakistan, while I was returning from Afghanistan where I fought against the foreign invasion. I was turned over to the Americans, detained for a few months in Islamabad, then turned over to Libya and released from prison in 2008."
Maybe he and Qadaffy can have a deathmatch...
Posted by:tipper

#9  who cares where he fought. We can help him overthrow qaddafy then we know who is next in line too kill there.Not to mention he won't have the weaponry that qaddafy has too fight against anything after this is said and done with with, not too mentio alot of his followers are being killed in the meanwhile in the fighting
Posted by: chris   2011-03-25 22:49  

#8  LIBYUH + NOSTRADAMUS' UNITARY "SWORD OF HEAVEN-HELL"

versus

* PRAVDA > USA MOVES TOWARD [internal = domestic]CALIPHATE.

Slowly but steadily SHARIA + ISLAMIC LAW rises in America = Amerika.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-03-25 20:07  

#7  It's hard to imagine that it's only just over a year when Kadafi was stooged hook, line and sinker by these guys as is the West still. Kadafi, a cunning old fox is probably still shaking his head at his own stupidity.
Posted by: tipper   2011-03-25 17:54  

#6  I think Chef Boyardee would be more competent.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-03-25 15:02  

#5  I anxiously await the breaking story of who is actually behind this senseless Franco-American effort in Libya.

I suspect none other than Chef Boyardee.
Posted by: Pollyandrew   2011-03-25 14:00  

#4   Sure nice to see the western powers did their due diligence on the "rebels" before rushing off to war. /sarc
Posted by DarthVader

I anxiously await the breaking story of who is actually behind this senseless Franco-American effort in Libya.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-03-25 13:26  

#3  How is he different from the Democratic Underground?

For one thing, the DU doesn't actually shoot GI's in Afghanistan (or anyone else, for that matter). DU'ers are mainly leftist / anti-American radicals who are frustrated that the country isn't quite as left-wing as they are. But they're basically harmless. Libyan al Qaeda-ists are a totally different matter.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2011-03-25 13:14  

#2  Yeah, it's true some of these boys may have had a rough-n-tumble past. But you can bet they're on the right side of liberty and freedeom now. Besides, the US State Dept. announced on Monday they consider the rebels to be "civilians".
Posted by: DepotGuy   2011-03-25 10:31  

#1  Sure nice to see the western powers did their due diligence on the "rebels" before rushing off to war.
/sarc
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-03-25 09:31  

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