Abdel Hakim Belhaj, dropped something of a bombshell in an interview with the New York Times yesterday:
In 2004, he said, two CIA agents tortured him in Thailand and then "rendered" him to Libya. From that point on, he maintains, he was held in solitary confinement for the next six years.
Now, Belhaj as the top Libyan rebel military commander in Tripoli heads the Libyan rebels' military committee for restoring order in the capital of Tripoli.
Belhaj, known as "Abu Abdullah al-Sadiq" in jihadi circles, is the previous commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).
After Gadhafi mostly crushed the group in 1998, "most of its leaders and members fled and joined forces with the Taliban in Afghanistan," where they pledged loyalty to Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/l...contends-tortured-rendered-cia-153037850.html
Stunning career comeback Abdel!
In 2004, he said, two CIA agents tortured him in Thailand and then "rendered" him to Libya. From that point on, he maintains, he was held in solitary confinement for the next six years.
Now, Belhaj as the top Libyan rebel military commander in Tripoli heads the Libyan rebels' military committee for restoring order in the capital of Tripoli.
Belhaj, known as "Abu Abdullah al-Sadiq" in jihadi circles, is the previous commander of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).
After Gadhafi mostly crushed the group in 1998, "most of its leaders and members fled and joined forces with the Taliban in Afghanistan," where they pledged loyalty to Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/l...contends-tortured-rendered-cia-153037850.html
Stunning career comeback Abdel!