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*Nick Pelham, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/oct/07/afghanistan.terrorism6 Libyan linked to Lockerbie welcome in UK], The Observer, 7 October 2001. | *Nick Pelham, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/oct/07/afghanistan.terrorism6 Libyan linked to Lockerbie welcome in UK], The Observer, 7 October 2001. | ||
*Martin Bright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/nov/10/uk.davidshayler MI6 'halted bid to arrest Bin Laden'], The Observer, 10 November 2002. | *Martin Bright, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/nov/10/uk.davidshayler MI6 'halted bid to arrest Bin Laden'], The Observer, 10 November 2002. | ||
| − | *Annie Machon, [http://www.anniemachon.com/annie_machon/2009/06/diamonds-and-rust.html Diamonds and Rust], anniemachon. | + | *Annie Machon, [http://www.anniemachon.com/annie_machon/2009/06/diamonds-and-rust.html Diamonds and Rust], anniemachon.com, 25 June 2009. |
*Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/04/libyan-islamist-fighters-reject-violence Libya's jihadis reject violence as leader bids for acceptance], Guardian, 4 September 2009. | *Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/04/libyan-islamist-fighters-reject-violence Libya's jihadis reject violence as leader bids for acceptance], Guardian, 4 September 2009. | ||
| + | *Mark Curtis, [http://markcurtis.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/britain-qadafi-and-the-libyan-islamic-fighting-group/ Britain, Qadafi and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group], 17 August 2011. | ||
| + | *Ian Black, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/05/libyan-islamic-fighting-group-leaders?CMP=twt_fd The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group – from al-Qaida to the Arab spring], guardian.co.uk, 5 September 2011. | ||
| + | *Ian Birrell, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/24/mi6-libya-rebels-rendition-al-qaida?newsfeed=true MI6 role in Libyan rebels' rendition 'helped to strengthen al-Qaida'], guardian.co.uk, 24 October 2011. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:39, 25 October 2011
The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) is an Islamist opposition group in Libya.[1]
The LIFG was formed in Afghanistan in 1990, from about 500 Libyans fighting with the mujaheddin against the Soviet Union.[2]
External Resources
- BBC screens Shayler interview, BBC News, 8 August 1998.
- Antony Barnett and Martin Bright, MI6 plotters in new Libya spying fiasco, Observer, 2 April 2000.
- Nick Pelham, Libyan linked to Lockerbie welcome in UK, The Observer, 7 October 2001.
- Martin Bright, MI6 'halted bid to arrest Bin Laden', The Observer, 10 November 2002.
- Annie Machon, Diamonds and Rust, anniemachon.com, 25 June 2009.
- Ian Black, Libya's jihadis reject violence as leader bids for acceptance, Guardian, 4 September 2009.
- Mark Curtis, Britain, Qadafi and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, 17 August 2011.
- Ian Black, The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group – from al-Qaida to the Arab spring, guardian.co.uk, 5 September 2011.
- Ian Birrell, MI6 role in Libyan rebels' rendition 'helped to strengthen al-Qaida', guardian.co.uk, 24 October 2011.
Notes
- ↑ Ian Black, Libya's jihadis reject violence as leader bids for acceptance, Guardian, 4 September 2009.
- ↑ Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tail, 2010, p.224.
