Libyan rebel's story shows links to Taliban, Al Qaeda, NATO

[jakeXT]

'We are Libyans fighting for Libya,' said the rebel fighter, whose life led him to all sides so he could continue his battle against Kadafi.
April 17, 2011|By Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times

He once lived under the Taliban's protection, met with Osama bin Laden and helped found a group the U.S. has listed as a terrorist organization. He died in a secondhand U.S. military uniform, ambushed by Moammar Kadafi's men as he cleared a road after an airstrike by his new NATO allies.

Aides to Abdul Monem Muktar Mohammed say the Libyan rebel fighter was leading a convoy of 200 cars west of this hotly contested strategic city Friday when a bullet struck him on the right side of the chest. He opened his passenger door and jumped out. A rocket-propelled grenade exploded nearby.

"Don't wait, go," he yelled to his men. Then he got to his feet, staggered a few steps and fell.

Mohammed's final days were a mirror of his past, of a life that saw contradictions and intersections with U.S. policy, ones that could return to haunt the United States.

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http://articles.latimes.com/print/2011/apr/17/world/la-fg-libya-qaeda-20110417

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Gee, and here I thought it was all just

Kadafi bad, rebels good.

[Igel]

2. It is.

If it had been one of Kadafi's supporters with links to terrorist organizations the thread wouldn't drop like a rock. Instead it would be considered probative, showing the level of moral rectitude "enjoyed" by the Evil One Who Must Be Named, the damned cur and rapscallion Kadafi.

But since it's a terrorist fighting for the good guys, he must be judged a "former terrorist" that somehow missed the screening, given the urgency and rightness of the rebels' cause and the need to prevent the millions of cute harp seal pups from being boiled in black crude by The Evil One.

[classysassy]

3. Where our money goes

we are sure to follow.We are giving aide money to the rebels I am sure our troops will follow the money."Oh what fools we Americans be."