Difference between revisions of "Libyan Islamic Fighting Group"

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*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.
 
*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 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.
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*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]


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Notes

  1. Ian Black, Libya's jihadis reject violence as leader bids for acceptance, Guardian, 4 September 2009.
  2. Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tail, 2010, p.224.