Ref: Libya akan menjadi Afghanistan Kedua di Afrika Utara? http://www.smh.com.au/world/rebels-trainer-was-held-by-us-in-cuba-20110404-1cyje.html
Rebels' trainer was held by US in Cuba April 5, 2011 LOS ANGELES: A former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay has taken a leading role in the military opposition to Muammar Gaddafi, it has emerged. Rebel recruits in the eastern port city of Derna are being trained by Sufyan Bin Qumu, a Libyan arrested following the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and held at Guantanamo for six years. A senior Libyan rebel commander in Derna, Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, was also held following the invasion of Afghanistan and handed over to Libyan custody two months later. Advertisement: Story continues below Both men were said to have been released from prison in Libya in 2008 as part of a reconciliation process with Islamists. Mr Qumu, 51, a Libyan army veteran, was accused by the US government of working as a lorry driver for a company owned by Osama bin Laden and as an accountant for a charity accused of terrorist links. The appearance of Islamists in the country's revolution, and supportive statements by Islamist groups, has led to fears that Western military action may be playing into the hands of its ideological enemies. However, Islamists were said to form only a small minority within the rebel forces, and there was no apparent disagreement with the opposition's political leadership, which said it was secular. Mr Hasidi, who spent several years in a training camp in Afghanistan, told a newspaper that he did not support a Taliban-like state and was pursuing an ''inclusive ideology''. ''Our view is starting to change of the US,'' he said. ''If we hated the Americans 100 per cent, today it is less than 50 per cent. ''They have started to redeem themselves for their past mistakes by helping us to preserve the blood of our children. ''No Islamist revolution has ever succeeded. Only when the whole population was included did we succeed and that means a more inclusive ideology.'' He also called on foreign governments to supply rebels in Libya with surface-to-air missiles. Mr Qumu has described the NATO-led bombing in Libya as a ''blessing''. Mr Hasidi has denied suggestions of extremism in Derna. ''Gaddafi is trying to divide the people of the nation,'' he told al-Jazeera. ''He claims that there is an Islamist emirate in Derna and that I am its emir. He is taking advantage of the fact that I am a former political prisoner.'' Telegraph, London [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
