…… Treehouse Report: ” DUH “!
For over 18 months we have been outining the al-Qaeda network in Libya that put the squeeze on Gaddafi, took over Benghazi, and aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood on the Egyptian border. Here is a brief summary of our cited research and the new Pentagon report at the end.
October 2011 – https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/09/12/flashback-october-2011-benghazi-the-al-qaeda-capital-the-media-ignored/
December 2011 – https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/12/30/ayman-al-zawahiri-sends-veteran-jihadists-to-establish-libyan-al-qaeda-branch/
September 2011 – https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/09/03/great-libyan-rebel-leader-founder-of-international-terrorist-organization/
August 2011 – https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/08/23/libya-sounds-like-mogadishusomalia-time-to-revist-history/
August 2011 – https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/08/22/douse-of-cold-reality-water/
March 2011 – https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/03/30/evidence-mounting-that-libyan-rebels-are-jihadists-and-al-qaeda/
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March 23rd 2011 – https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2011/03/23/who-are-these-rebels-an-alarming-investigation/
Now Today…… (Via FreeBeacon) Pakistan-based al Qaeda is secretly setting up sleeper cells and a clandestine network of jihadists to destabilize and take over Libya while hiding under a new cover name to prevent exposure and attacks, according to an internal Pentagon report obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
“Al Qaeda has established a core network in Libya, but it remains clandestine and refrains from using the al Qaeda name,” according to the report produced jointly by the Library of Congress and the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office’s Irregular Warfare Support Program, a unit under the assistant defense secretary for special operations.
The report concludes that al Qaeda poses “a significant threat to the state-building process in Libya.”
The 54-page unclassified report describes al Qaeda—which President Barack Obama recently declared to be in decline—as “seeking to create an al Qaeda clandestine network in Libya that could be activated in the future to destabilize the government and/or to offer logistical support to al Qaeda’s activities in North Africa and the Sahel”—the Sahara desert region stretching across northern Africa.
The report is dated August 2012 and was published before the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. […]
The Pentagon report, based on public sources, said al Qaeda has formed “sleeper cells” of terrorists around Libya that are likely part of an underground network providing weapons and training to jihadists.
“Postrevolutionary Libya is a militarized society where young self-proclaimed jihadists are on the loose, ready to follow anyone offering a meaningful purpose for their newly acquired combat skills,” the report said.
“Al Qaeda’s clandestine network is likely attempting to attract these self-proclaimed jihadists through a mix of ideology, intimidation, and financial incentive.”
“Al Qaeda militants are using the countries that toppled their leaders in the ‘Arab Awakening’ as bases to train radical Western youths for potential attacks,” the report said, adding that a small number of British jihadists are moving to Arab countries to seek training.
Throughout Libya, al Qaeda is using a “secret and cautious approach” to avoid local and international scrutiny. However, there are indications al Qaeda infiltrated “dozens” of mosques and prayer halls in Libya in the aftermath of the 2011 revolution. (more)