Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
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.
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.
