Report: Hundreds of Libyan Jihadists Released from Jail
- Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:25pm by
Buck Sexton
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What would happen to the new Libya of hundreds of hardcore Jihadists were released from prison there?
We may soon find out the answer if a new report from CNN is true. It includes analysis from Noam Benotman, a former Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Member who renounced violence and joined the Quilliam Foundation, an counter-radicalization group based in the UK. According to Benotman:
“The freed militants had been imprisoned in Tripoli‘s Abu Salim prison by Moammar Gadhafi’s regime during the height of the insurgency in Iraq… as many as 600 militants may have been among the prison population at Abu Salim.”
In an even more distressing admission, Benotman also told CNN that many of the militants released are pro-al Qaeda and could infiltrate and perhaps control elements of the rebel forces, or start their own militant factions. He continued his analysis with this question:
“Nobody knows what these released prisoners are going to do next…will they take part in the fighting and if they do will they join pre-existing rebel brigades or form a separate fighting force?”
CNN’s terrorism analyst, Paul Cruikshank, gave his analysis of the Libyan Jihadist jail break here:
Libya has a long been known as a hotbed of the international Jihad. A study by the Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point indicated that a disproportionately large number of young men from Libya entered Iraq to wage Jihad during the height of that conflict.
Beyond that, the CTC study noted that the East of Libya– the area from which the anti-Gadhafi rebels originate– has been the region most associated with Islamic radicalism in the country. On this point, the author, Alison Pargeter, wrote:
“Eastern Libya has traditionally been the primary center of the country’s Islamist opposition currents and where cells of young Islamist militants are located. It is also where scores of young Libyan men left to join the jihad in Iraq. Given that the regime is still struggling for survival and that Libya looks unlikely to return to any sort of normality soon, the issue of Islamism in a future Libyan scenario cannot be dismissed.”
The release of hundreds of prisoners– many of whom apparently have Jihadist backgrounds– should concern anyone who still believes a peaceful, democratic Libya can form.
But as we continue to struggle with the war in Afghanistan– where the official estimate of Al Qaeda members was under 100 in 2009– the possibility that 600 Jihadists have been released in Libya at this critical time could be an urgent matter for the future of that country.
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Comments (65)
Vechorik
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:37pmNation-building at it’s finest.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 5:06pmthat was the plan…
Report Post »becker88
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 5:58pmYeah sounds good to me.
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Report Post »Charlie Justice
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:36pmbecause the world needs even more pot smoking porn watching pedophiles that want to strap bombs on themselves and their children in order to please a false god.
Report Post »Is there anyway we can get Dexter to set up shop on mohamedopian land?
Faith in God
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:32pmso here is the real reason why our terrorist in chief wanted kadafi out of libya….so the real radicals would be set free!
Report Post »Viewerscourt
Posted on September 1, 2011 at 10:48pmObama also giving billions of dollars to “Egyptian rebels” (Muslim Brotherhood) in Egypt. Hundreds of terrorists were broken out of prisons there at very start of Egypts “Revolution.” http://www.viewerscourt.com/blogs/2011/08/still-wonder-who-obama-really-is/
Report Post »LOJ
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:21pmSo now will they head to our borders since the Sheriffs and the Border Patrol are over burdened?
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:16pmWow , hows that hopey changey
Report Post »ARAB SPRING WORKIN OUT ???
let us prey
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:10pmWhere were the drones on this one?
Report Post »Pattondog
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:52pmhow is this shocking, the media has stuck their heads in the sand over who these so called rebels are that we are giving weapons and support too. kind of interesting, how this is all set up.
Report Post »convince gaddify to disarm his nukes, then over throw him with our own enemy, let our enemy get stronger in that region and then go and and war game again to get the natural resources.
We should of never gave money and suppport to alqueada \ taliban, just as we shouldnt have as in egypt, obama is slittting our own wrist and proclaimng tolerance. in order for tolerance thier has to be an atagonist. tolerance and acceptance are 2 different animals. again shame on the media for not doing their jobs and asking the tough questions vs handing this adim snow cones all the time.
AnAmerican111
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:41pmThanks OBUMA for helping to install a terrorist regime in Egypt!
….and I love the fact that you have promised them American Tax Dollars in aid!
….Are you kidding me! OBUMA= a pathetic excuse for a Pres
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:13pmPOTUS engaged in an unconstitutional war, violated the War Powers Act and placed Americans in harms way to create a country whose citizens want to kill us. Am I missing something here?
Report Post »Steve
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:33pmAnd lets not forget that majority of those captured and sent to Guantanamo are Libyans. So we in a way just helped increase the numbers of those who are killing our soldiers.
Thanks Barry. Good Job!
Report Post »discardofevil
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:26pmBoy you had to be a LIBERAL to believe this wouldn’t happen! Seriously start tweeting Obama and tell him thanks for his trust! He is starting the war with ISLAM. I guess we Christians know how it ends. I am happy to stand with Israel and God.
Report Post »db321
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:05pmLet the Insanity begain in Lybia
Report Post »db321
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:04pmMaybe there Prison System is better than ours and they have been reformed to Good Muslims.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:59pmour illustrious “president” will likely award these freedom fighters backdoor citizenship in the U.S. under his new “Nightmare Act”.
Report Post »TRILO
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:58pmImagine that… the non-islamic jihadists, non al-qaeda, freedom fighting rebels just released their islamic, jihadist and al-qaeda brothers. It was such a good humanitarian effort to turn Libya into burning hell hole. Great job NATO. Add Libya to the list of nations involved in internal civil war, thanks to outside globalist agendas. I am still wondering how the “rebels” were able to get their central bank put together a month after the humanitarian bombing started. I am also so glad to know that the “rebels” are guarding it. I am also wondering how a professed al-qaeda member is the newly appointed leader of the Tripoli Military Council. Just read a NYT article about the problems in Libya and Abdel Hakim al-Hasadi, sometimes known as AbdelHakim Belhaj who admitted ties to al-qaeda and they reporter takes the word of this terrorist that it was a mis-understanding and he is not an al-qaeda member. Journalism is absolutely dead in this country. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/world/africa/31tripoli.html
Report Post »noahsdove
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:58pmWars and rumors of wars…..Keep your heart focused on the Lord….
Report Post »GaryInTheMiddle
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:57pmObama is smiling. We know he is looking for “his” 9-11 moment. This just increases the odds of it happening sooner than later.
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:53pmJust like Obama planned it. Gadhafi told us the “rebels” included al qaeda.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:49pmWill the world one day look back on Kadahfi’s rule as “the good, old days”? Could be. This is INSANE.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:56pmHeck, now don’t you wish we would have let the Soviets have Afghanistan? Come to think of it, even the Soviet Union seems like the good old days.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:16pmGonzo…and it would have been sweet if Truman would have let McArthur have his way with the freaking commies too. Woulda, Coulda, shoulda….over and over and over again. Over.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 1:17pmAgree with Gonzo. I miss the days when the communists were in the USSR instead of infesting our universities and running our government in Washington!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:43pmHow much did it cost the taxpayers to free the Al Queda jihadists from prison? Who cares, it was worth it! Thank you, wise and powerful Emperor Obama.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:52pmAnd I was just saying the other day, “we don’t have enough Jihadists on the streets” and dwa la, Must have read my mind. Thanks O.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:41pmThey‘ll all run to the voting booths to vote for the muslim brotherhood in Libya’s new “democracy” before heading back to Iraq. Wonderful.
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:41pmObummer frees his brothers with our tax dollars
Report Post »NOBELSPORT
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:38pmShocker!!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:37pm“should concern anyone who still believes a peaceful, democratic Libya can form.”
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Do you know ANYONE who believed a “peaceful, democratic, government“ would form in Libya after we helped ”liberate” them?
Gonzo
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:45pmIt is totally unbelievable to me that nobody in this administration could see this coming when it was plainly obvious to your average American.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:35pmOh goody! More nice, young “Freedom Fighters” for Libya!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:34pmThank you, Barry. You f$#ing moron.
Report Post »Bullhorn Guy
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 2:30pmHe is brilliant. If you really think Obama is stupid, then you are a fool. That treasonous bastard has known what he was doing every step of the way. Why did we not get involved in the Iranian uprising, then support the muslim bro’hood in Egypt and the rebels in Libya? However, in this chess game Obama is a knight, at best. Even Soros is nothing more than a rook, or maybe a bishop. Mark my words, there are supernatural forces at work here.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:31pmReport: Hundreds of Libyan Jihadists Released from Jail…and have been in charge of the USA government for 3 years
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on August 31, 2011 at 12:38pmTHIS is the composite intelligence of the UN and NATO????????? Bet the Mafia has a higher approval rating than our politicans.
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