Jihadis Who Fought U.S. In Iraq, Afghanistan Now Enjoy American Support In Libya -- Byron York, Washington Examiner
Evidence is emerging that United States forces are waging war in Libya on behalf of rebels whose ranks include jihadis who fought against the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Britain's Daily Telegraph reports that Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, a leader of U.S.-supported rebel forces in the fighting around Adjabiya, went to Afghanistan in 2002 to fight against the "foreign invasion" -- that is, U.S. troops who invaded Afghanistan in retaliation for the September 11 attacks. The Telegraph says al-Hasidi told an Italian newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, that he was captured in 2002 in Peshawar, Pakistan. "He was later handed over to the U.S., and then held in Libya before being released in 2008," the Telegraph reports. Al-Hasidi also told the Italian paper he recruited about 25 Libyan men to fight against U.S. forces in Iraq.
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My Comment: So .... we are using our military to depose Libyan leader Gaddafi even though our U.S. Secretary for Defense admits there are no 'vital interests' for the U.S. in this country. And as to the 'vital interests' that are there .... they are primarily European with little if any U.S. presence. And as to Al Qaeda .... most observers say that they have a presence in Libya, but U.S. officials say their numbers are small and insignificant.
I wish President Obama the best to explain all of this to me when he gives his speech to the nation tonight.
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