Glass
22nd September 2010, 10:46 PM
Ok I know we have very good researchers and fact finders here. I am watching an interview on RT live with this Noman Benotman.
He claims to have fought with the mujahadeen against Russia. He says he is now a CIA advisor.
He says it was a war against communism not specifically Russia. He also claims to have warned Osama before 911 that if he attacked the "homeland" the response from the US would be very large. Osama underestimated the response to his attacks on 911.
He also claims there were no CIA in afghanistan during the Mujahadeen Russia war. Never saw them.
So who is this guy. He is based in the UK. In this interview he is asked that he has not fully rejected Jihad but has claimed the right of defensive jihad. Then he goes into justification for defensive jihad with reference to the koran.
Now the wiki says something a bit different abou his attitude to jihad:
In November 2007 Noman Benotman, described as the "ex-head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group", published on open letter to al Qaeda.[12][13][14] According to The Times:[13]
"In November last year Noman Benotman, ex-head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group which is trying to overthrow the regime of Muammar Gadaffi, published a letter which asked Al-Qaeda to give up all its operations in the Islamic world and in the West, adding that ordinary westerners were blameless and should not be attacked."
Noman Benotman's letter to Zawahiri was published in Akhbar Libya (News) as an op-ed clarification in November 2007. The gist is that Al-Qaeda's efforts have been counterproductive and used as "subterfuge" by some Western countries to extend their regional ambitions. These comments were first aired at a meeting in Kundahar in the summer of 2000.[15]
A 2008 statement attributed to Ayman al-Zawahiri claims that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group has joined al-Qaeda.[10][11] "Benotman fired back an open letter to Zawahiri questioning his credibility. "I questioned their idea of jihad ... directly you know. This is crazy, it is not Islamic and it's against the Sunni understanding of Islam," Benotman told CNN. Zawahiri chose not to respond. As late as this August Zawahiri's video statements included praise of LIFG leaders, in what may have been a desperate attempt to head off the condemnation he could see coming."[16]
On July 10 2009 The Telegraph reported that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group had split with Al Qaeda.[17] The Telegraph reported that senior Al Qaeda members Abu Yahya al-Libi and Abu Laith al-Libi were LIFG members.
In September 2009 a new "code" for jihad, a 417-page religious document entitled "Corrective Studies", was published after more than two years of intense and secret talks between incarcerated leaders of the LIFG and Libyan security officials.
So what do we make of this guy then? The interview might show up on youtube later on. If it does I'll post it.
He claims to have fought with the mujahadeen against Russia. He says he is now a CIA advisor.
He says it was a war against communism not specifically Russia. He also claims to have warned Osama before 911 that if he attacked the "homeland" the response from the US would be very large. Osama underestimated the response to his attacks on 911.
He also claims there were no CIA in afghanistan during the Mujahadeen Russia war. Never saw them.
So who is this guy. He is based in the UK. In this interview he is asked that he has not fully rejected Jihad but has claimed the right of defensive jihad. Then he goes into justification for defensive jihad with reference to the koran.
Now the wiki says something a bit different abou his attitude to jihad:
In November 2007 Noman Benotman, described as the "ex-head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group", published on open letter to al Qaeda.[12][13][14] According to The Times:[13]
"In November last year Noman Benotman, ex-head of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group which is trying to overthrow the regime of Muammar Gadaffi, published a letter which asked Al-Qaeda to give up all its operations in the Islamic world and in the West, adding that ordinary westerners were blameless and should not be attacked."
Noman Benotman's letter to Zawahiri was published in Akhbar Libya (News) as an op-ed clarification in November 2007. The gist is that Al-Qaeda's efforts have been counterproductive and used as "subterfuge" by some Western countries to extend their regional ambitions. These comments were first aired at a meeting in Kundahar in the summer of 2000.[15]
A 2008 statement attributed to Ayman al-Zawahiri claims that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group has joined al-Qaeda.[10][11] "Benotman fired back an open letter to Zawahiri questioning his credibility. "I questioned their idea of jihad ... directly you know. This is crazy, it is not Islamic and it's against the Sunni understanding of Islam," Benotman told CNN. Zawahiri chose not to respond. As late as this August Zawahiri's video statements included praise of LIFG leaders, in what may have been a desperate attempt to head off the condemnation he could see coming."[16]
On July 10 2009 The Telegraph reported that the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group had split with Al Qaeda.[17] The Telegraph reported that senior Al Qaeda members Abu Yahya al-Libi and Abu Laith al-Libi were LIFG members.
In September 2009 a new "code" for jihad, a 417-page religious document entitled "Corrective Studies", was published after more than two years of intense and secret talks between incarcerated leaders of the LIFG and Libyan security officials.
So what do we make of this guy then? The interview might show up on youtube later on. If it does I'll post it.