Libya
Exclusive – Concern grows over militant activity in Libya
Tag Archives: Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
Al Qaeda
20,000 Heat-Seeking Missiles Reportedly Feared Missing From Libyan Warehouse
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Urgent efforts underway to recover stolen Libyan weapons from al-Qaeda
Al Qaeda
Q&A: Top NTC commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj
Libya
Islamists’ Growing Sway Raises Questions for Libya
Al Qaeda
The quiet scholar playing a pivotal role in shaping new Libya
Libya
Islamists take aim at Libya rebels’ secular leaders
Al Qaeda
Libya rendition claims: David Cameron calls for inquiry
Libya
Libya’s Interim Leaders Aim to Harness Rebel Fighters
Al Qaeda
Former jihadist at the heart of Libya’s revolution
Al Qaeda
In Libya, Former Enemy Is Recast in Role of Ally
Al Qaeda
Fears over Islamists within Libyan rebel ranks
Libya
Tripoli Divided as Rebels Jockey Over Leadership
Al Qaeda
Islamic militants among prisoners freed from Libyan jail
Commander who liberated Tripoli was LIFG leader
Abd al Hakim Bilhaj claimed to have renounced violence and jihad after he was freed by Saif al Islam during an amnesty program in 2010.
Al Qaeda
Splits emerge within Gaddafi regime over alliance with Islamic fundamentalists
Libya
Exiled Islamists Watch Rebellion Unfold at Home
Hizb-i-Islami
Osama bin Laden’s escape: A tale of subterfuge and hard cash
Al Qaeda
Libyan, once a detainee, is now a US ally of sorts
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group leader ambushed by Qaddafi’s forces
A top Libyan Islamic Fighting Group leader known as Urwah was killed in an ambush by Colonel Muammar Qaddafi’s forces earlier this month. Urwah was reportedly detained by Iran in 2004 but allowed to return to Libya to fight Qaddafi.
Al Qaeda
Libya rebels raise concern about Islamic extremism
Slain LIFG commander led Libyan rebel forces
More than 20 “Islamist” commanders hold leadership positions in the Libyan rebel forces.
Al Qaeda
Libyan rebel’s story shows links to Taliban, Al Qaeda, NATO
Ex-Gitmo detainee training Libyan rebels in Derna
A former Guantanamo detainee named Sufyan Ben Qumu is training Derna’s rebels. Declassified memos prepared at Gitmo note that Qumu was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group’s military committee, trained at Osama bin Laden’s camps, worked for al Qaeda front companies, and was a known “extremist” with “no qualms about committing terrorist acts.”
Al Qaeda
Are Libyan rebels an al-Qaeda stalking horse?
Al Qaeda
Libya – Is the West playing into al-Qaeda’s hands?
Al Qaeda
Amid rebels, ‘flickers’ of al Qaeda
Afghanistan
Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links
Libyan opposition leader wasn’t held at Guantanamo
But Abdul Hakim al Hasadi has a jihadist pedigree.
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Analysis: Why Arab spring could be al Qaeda’s fall