Al-Qaeda Rising in Libya?

From Heritage Blog H/T Richard

The Arab Spring may be becoming a long hot summer.

In the President’s major speech on the Middle East yesterday, it seemed pretty clear that he has moved on from Libya and turned his attention back to the Arab–Israeli peace process. Attention deficit disorder, however, may not be the right answer.

There is a disturbing news report that two men arrested in Tunisia were “suspected of being members of al-Qaeda.” They were picked up near the Libyan border “carrying an explosives belt and several bombs, a security source told Reuters.… The men were carrying Afghan identity papers and were of Libyan and Algerian origin, the source said, adding that they were also connected to two men arrested in Tunisia last week.…

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2 Replies to “Al-Qaeda Rising in Libya?”

  1. I couldn’t imagine being a western soldier fighting along side Al Qaeda today.

  2. Unfortunately I can, especially with Obama and company in the White House. When you are in the military you are faced with the choices of obey orders or go to the pen, it is hard for professional soldiers to choose to disobey orders.