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Libya
Exclusive – Concern grows over militant activity in Libya
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Al Qaeda
20,000 Heat-Seeking Missiles Reportedly Feared Missing From Libyan Warehouse
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Urgent efforts underway to recover stolen Libyan weapons from al-Qaeda
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Al Qaeda
Q&A: Top NTC commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj
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Libya
Islamists’ Growing Sway Raises Questions for Libya
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Al Qaeda
The quiet scholar playing a pivotal role in shaping new Libya
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Libya
Islamists take aim at Libya rebels’ secular leaders
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Al Qaeda
Libya rendition claims: David Cameron calls for inquiry
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Libya
Libya’s Interim Leaders Aim to Harness Rebel Fighters
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Al Qaeda
Former jihadist at the heart of Libya’s revolution
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Al Qaeda
In Libya, Former Enemy Is Recast in Role of Ally
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Al Qaeda
Fears over Islamists within Libyan rebel ranks
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Libya
Tripoli Divided as Rebels Jockey Over Leadership
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Al Qaeda
Islamic militants among prisoners freed from Libyan jail
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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.
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Al Qaeda
Splits emerge within Gaddafi regime over alliance with Islamic fundamentalists
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Libya
Exiled Islamists Watch Rebellion Unfold at Home
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Hizb-i-Islami
Osama bin Laden’s escape: A tale of subterfuge and hard cash
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Al Qaeda
Libyan, once a detainee, is now a US ally of sorts
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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.
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Al Qaeda
Libya rebels raise concern about Islamic extremism
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Slain LIFG commander led Libyan rebel forces
More than 20 “Islamist” commanders hold leadership positions in the Libyan rebel forces.
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Al Qaeda
Libyan rebel’s story shows links to Taliban, Al Qaeda, NATO
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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.”
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Al Qaeda
Are Libyan rebels an al-Qaeda stalking horse?
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Al Qaeda
Libya – Is the West playing into al-Qaeda’s hands?
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Al Qaeda
Amid rebels, ‘flickers’ of al Qaeda
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Afghanistan
Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links
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Libyan opposition leader wasn’t held at Guantanamo
But Abdul Hakim al Hasadi has a jihadist pedigree.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq
Analysis: Why Arab spring could be al Qaeda’s fall
