Noman Benotman

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Noman Benotman is Senior Analyst (Strategic Communications) at the Quilliam Foundation. He was a founder of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and was later involved in disbanding the organisation.[1]

Afghanistan

Benotman joined the mujaheddin in Afghanistan in 1989, fighting under the command of Jalalludin Haqqani. He was trained by fighters who had themselves been trained by Pakistani special forces, the CIA and the SAS.[2]

Notes

  1. Noman Benotman, Quilliam, accessed 23 February 2011.
  2. Mark Curtis, Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam, Serpent's Tail, 2010, pp.225-226.