Libya Islamists In Talks On Ending Struggle

Prisoners from banned Libyan Islamic Fighting Group seen before release from prison in Tripoli, Libya.

From Reuters:

DUBAI (Reuters) - Jailed leaders of Libya's main Islamist militant group are talking to the government about abandoning their armed struggle, a former senior member of the organisation said in remarks published on Sunday.

Noaman Othmane said the al Qaeda-linked Fighting Islamic Group in Libya (FIGL), which aims to overthrow the government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and set up purist Islamic rule, is "practically defunct", pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat reported.

Speaking after a visit to imprisoned members of the group in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison last week, Othmane said the men would soon reach "new convictions that condemn armed violence after Libyan security had offered facilities for dialogue and the revision of thinking", the newspaper reported.

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My Comment: Another defeat for Al Qaeda.