Sunday, March 27, 2011

Libya rebels: Gaddafi could be right about al-Qaeda : Alexander Cockburn

OUCH!


http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/76789,news-comment,news-politics,alexander-cockburn-libya-rebels-gaddafi-could-be-right-about-al-qaeda


Libya rebels: Gaddafi could be right about al-Qaeda

Two documents suggest northeast Libya, centre of rebellion, is an al-Qaeda hotspot

Read more: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/76789,news-comment,news-politics,alexander-cockburn-libya-rebels-gaddafi-could-be-right-about-al-qaeda#ixzz1HpA6dnlE
 
.http://leninology.blogspot.com/2011/03/libya-and-transnational-solidarity.html
As former CIA operations officer Brian Fairchild writes, amid "the apparent absence of any plan for post-Gaddafi governance, an ignorance of Libya's tribal nature and our poor record of dealing with tribes, American government documents conclusively establish that the epicentre of the revolt is rife with anti-American and pro-jihad sentiment, and with al-Qaeda's explicit support for the revolt, it is appropriate to ask our policy makers how American military intervention in support of this revolt in any way serves vital US strategic interests".
As I wrote here a few weeks ago, "It sure looks like Osama bin Laden is winning the Great War on Terror". But I did not dream then that he would have a coalition of the US, Great Britain and France bleeding themselves dry to assist him in this enterprise