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**IRYzouNv** · 11-10-2011, 10:05 PM

From ABC more evidence of the results of leading from behind:

Al Qaeda Terror Group: We 'Benefit From' Libyan Weapons

By LEE FERRAN and RYM MOMTAZ
Nov. 10, 2011

A leading member of an al Qaeda-affiliated terror group indicated the organization may have acquired some of the thousands of powerful weapons that went missing in the chaos of the Libyan uprising, stoking long-held fears of Western officials.
"We have been one of the main beneficiaries of the revolutions in the Arab world," Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a leader of the north Africa-based al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb [AQIM], told the Mauritanian news agency ANI Wednesday. "As for our benefiting from the [Libyan] weapons, this is a natural thing in these kinds of circumstances."....

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IRYzouNv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 477 Senior Member	From ABC more evidence of the results of leading from behind: Al Qaeda Terror Group: We 'Benefit From' Libyan Weapons By LEE FERRAN and RYM MOMTAZ Nov. 10, 2011 A leading member of an al Qaeda-affiliated terror group indicated the organization may have acquired some of the thousands of powerful weapons that went missing in the chaos of the Libyan uprising, stoking long-held fears of Western officials. "We have been one of the main beneficiaries of the revolutions in the Arab world," Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a leader of the north Africa-based al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb [AQIM], told the Mauritanian news agency ANI Wednesday. "As for our benefiting from the [Libyan] weapons, this is a natural thing in these kinds of circumstances."....
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