Libyan Rebel Leader: We Want to “Cut Gaddafi’s Throat and Establish an Islamic State”
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, April 4, 2011, 8:13 PM
French journalist Julien Fouchet found more than just a few “flickers” of Al-Qaeda among the rebel ranks in Libya. Fouchet describes seeing imams driving in a pick-up truck and reciting prayers over a loudspeaker to the rebels.
Iman Bugaighis, the spokesman for the National Transition Council, admitted, “We have twenty-five fighters on the front that were linked to al-Qaida.”
John Rosenthal at Pajamas Media reported:
“The Jihadists Go to the Front.” This is the title of French journalist Julien Fouchet’s report from eastern Libya that appears in the latest edition of the French Sunday paper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD). Whereas American officials have been straining to make out “flickers” of intelligence suggesting a jihadist influence in the eastern Libyan rebellion against the rule of Muammar al-Gaddafi, Fouchet encountered a flagrant jihadist presence and met with participants who talked openly about their dedication to jihad and/or their desire to establish an Islamic state.
On the front near the oil-producing town of Brega, for instance, Fouchet spotted a bearded commander on a sand dune giving orders by satellite phone. The man wore the traditional robe favored by the Salafist current of Islamic fundamentalism and had a Kalashnikov slung over his shoulder. “You can’t speak to him,” rebel fighters told Fouchet. “He is not fighting for Libya. If he is fighting today, it’s for Allah.” Fouchet describes seeing imams driving among the ranks of the rebel fighters in a pick-up truck and reciting prayers over a loudspeaker…
…In Darnah, Fouchet also spoke to a rebel commander whom he identifies as “Hakim al-Sadi.” The commander in question is presumably in fact Abdul-Hakim al-Hasadi, who, as reported on PJM, has admitted to fighting on the side of al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as to recruiting Libyans to fight with al-Qaeda in Iraq. The biographical details attributed by Fouchet to “al-Sadi” correspond to the known details of the biography of al-Hasadi. These include his settling in Afghanistan prior to the 9/11 terror attacks and the subsequent American-led invasion, his detention by American forces in Pakistan in 2002, and his transfer to and imprisonment in his home country Libya.
Interestingly, Fouchet says that he spoke to “al-Sadi” as the latter was “leaving for the front to coordinate operations.” “In the past,” the rebel commander told Fouchet, “I didn’t like NATO. They fired missiles on Afghanistan. Now that they are helping us in Libya, it’s different. But if there are problems with them, if they begin to occupy our country, we can turn on them in the click of your fingers.”
As to his goals, “al-Sadi” explained to Fouchet that he had rejoined the jihad in order to “cut Gaddafi’s throat and establish an Islamic state.”
More here.
UPDATE: A senior security official in Algeria claims that the Al Qaeda terrorist organization is taking advantage of the turmoil in Libya to purchase weapons, according to Reuters.
UPDATE: Geraldo was on tonight and insisted that the young bearded man in the photo above is not Al-Qaeda.
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Published May 23, 2012 at 4:57 am - One Comment
bigkahuna commented:
Cant we/ Nato simply bomb both sides….both are scumbags and in some cases trhey may be worse than Gaddafi. They all suck and need an a$$ kicking until they start to act like humans instead of animals.
Winston commented:
Obama is helping the Islamists
Pat the First commented:
Libya is a no win situation.
shibumi commented:
So, Obama is on the side of AQ.
I guess that whole “manchurian president” thing that the media scoffed about is true.
Frunper commented:
Libyan Rebel Leader: We Want to “Cut Gaddafi’s Throat and Establish an Islamic State”
Obama: I want to become king of the world, and then kill all Europeans.
Ladue Pundit commented:
Libya would be a “win-win” situation if we’d just let them kill each other.
bg commented:
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feed the beast..
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Annaleesea commented:
I hope the Einsteins who voted this idiot into office are sleeping well tonight! And my children thank you too, dumbasses…When I was in college the stupidest people were getting their degree in teaching… God help us with this group….I guess I better get used to doing the Aloha akbar narrative pretty soon, it’ll be all the rage…
bg commented:
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btw, did you notice this tid bit..
[Outside Cote d’Ivoire, Blaise Compaore used the rebellion to raise issues about the new laws in Cote d’Ivoire that deprived many of his compatriots of their wealth in Cote d’Ivoire. According to reports from Radio France, he was instrumental in getting cash from Kaddafi and arms from Taylor to the rebels. Liberian military personnel, both as mercenaries or regular Liberian government troops according to the Ivorian minister of Defense, joined some soldiers on the West to open a new front and create a new faction.]
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Zilla of the Resistance commented:
Obama needs to be tried for treason.
Zilla of the Resistance commented:
BTW, I added this link as an update to the massive roundup of Libyan Lunacy at my place (in addition to the tons of GWP posts already linked & quoted there):
I’ve added the link to this article to the massive roundup on the Libyan Lunacy that I have posted at my place:
http://zillablog.marezilla.com/2011/04/libyan-lunacy-linkaround.html
Floyd Looney commented:
Same as it ever was.
Robert commented:
So does anybody know what percentage of NATO forces operating in Libya are American?
You see, we are told that American forces are so limited and NATO has taken over. So it looks to me like a shell game, in that American forces not operating under American command could be operating as NATO forces under NATO command.
I have not heard or seen this distinction mentioned anywhere.
Ariel commented:
It occurs to me that the Libyan rebels want to start and Islamic State, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood wants to establish an Islamic State, Al Qaeda in the Magreb (Algeria) wants to establsh and Islamic State, in addition to calls for an Islamic State from rebels in Morocco, Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Bahrain, etc…
If these disparate groups ever do get together and establish and Islamic State, (see Caliphate) there will be hell to pay, for they will have a choke hold on a good portion of the world’s oil. Yikes!
Ariel commented:
edit: that should read: establish “an” Islamic State.
bg commented:
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Ariel #16
heh, the Islamists claim they want America to be turned into an Islamic
State as well, ergo, with Obama at the helm, i have no doubt we will be
the Ummah Staes of Allah in a few generations, if not before then..
[please scroll up/\down & on connecting links for more, thanks]
and this is worth 30 minutes of anyone’s time..
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AuntieMadder commented:
I know I should be focusing on this story with the rest of you instead of getting sidetracked by the details, but I can’t help taking note that al-sadi said he’s going to “…cut Gaddafi’s throat and establish an Islamic state.” He didn’t say that he’s going to remove KaDaffy Duck from power or even that he’s going to execute or kill The Duck, none of which would have translated most closely from Middle Eastern Sand Dweller to English as “cut throat.” Instead of “remove,” “execute,” or even “murder,” what he said was much more violent-sounding and even graphic, inspiring the image of a bloody, violent death for The Duck, and an Islamic state being born of the death of a man whose murderer cut his throat.
Islam has certainly left its mark on that man’s psyche.
AuntieMadder commented:
Ariel #15 – I could be wrong, I get the impression that all of those countries’ rebels want to start an Islamic state.
bg commented:
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re: #16 re: #17
lol, i didn’t know typo’s were catching..
“Ummah States of Allah”
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save us commented:
Just like Obama planned.
Impeach and remove him NOW
Rick commented:
When Obama hears this he will want to send in ground troops to help the rebels.
bg commented:
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actually, AQ et al want to establish a Global Sharia Caliphate with Obama
leading the charge wearing a “well” shaped crown with the #12 etched in
it.. /s/
ps re: the well, no doubt that’s where Obama’s BC is..
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Andreas K. commented:
Hmmm, I wonder what Hillary will say to this. Can’t wait to seeing her try weasel out of this one.
bg commented:
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OT..
Contagious illusions of Gaddafi’s power
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BarbaraS commented:
Look at the headlines. That says it all about what this whole rebellion in multiple states is all about. And here our wonderful president is on what side? The muslim brotherhod is behind the whole fiasco and the UN will probably support the “rebels” to oust those horrible dictators. I am beginning to see that dictators in these countries are necessary to keep mob rule at bay and to keep the islamists from killing everybody else and sometimes even themselves.
MamaGrizzly commented:
“I am beginning to see that dictators in these countries are necessary to keep mob rule at bay”
Right you are. Ghadaffi was NOT a problem in that region. Bamster wants to open the area up for AQ and MB — his buddies — to create a “tipping point” re: Israel. WTH are we doi g in Libya??? We should he assisting Japan.
Hey, anyone see photos of the rebels? Such nice guys . . . the kind you’d want to invite over for dinner . . . discuss world affairs and such.
I’m rooting for the Duck.
DomesticGoddess commented:
So our fine Patriots have been dispatched to this mess to assist people who despise us. Once the rebels take our weapons they will use them to kill our soldiers. Two birds with one stone. Sickening.
CommieJuice commented:
Exactly what Obama wants!
dunce commented:
Geraldo would not know an al queda member if he was being sodomized by one unless that was his criteria as determinative.