Wednesday, 30. March 2011
Topic: War and Peace News - on March 30, 2011 at 8:39:00 AM CEST
Libya: al-Qaeda among Libya rebels, Nato chief fears
Admiral James Stavridis, Nato's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, said that American intelligence had picked up "flickers" of terrorist activity among the rebel groups. Senior British government figures described the comment as "very alarming".
The admission came as the American, Qatari and British Governments indicated that they were considering arming rebel groups, who yesterday suffered a series of setbacks in their advance along the Libyan coast towards Tripoli.
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