Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: I Libici in Siria

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ABC interviewed a group of Libyans linked to former jihadist Belhadj who 
traveled to Syria to "assess" the ways of supporting the Syrian rebels.
 
The rebel named Brahim is concerned. "There is an army checkpoint at the 
entrance of the road," says the farmer, which means that the escape routes 
out of Djebel Zawi are cut. We feared something like this, so the very few 
foreign reporters have decided to leave Syria because of the risk of 
entrapment. But it seems that we're late. Finally, after dark, Brahim found 
a solution. He seized three cars, which in the dark tried to find an 
alternative route. After hours of waiting, we were able to cross enemy lines 
through another point. Brahim laughs, pleased that "the Syrian Army has 
found a way out!", he says.
 
The convoy took us to a cottage where we join another group to be evacuated 
with us. And then comes the surprise : we discovered three Libyans who, in 
their own words, had come not to fight, but "to assess the needs of the 
Syrian revolutionary brothers." The Libyans did not try to hide their 
identities. These men are close to Abdel Hakim Belhadj, current military 
governor of Tripoli and former jihadist with links to Al Qaeda in the past.
 
One of them turns out to be someone well known to the reporters who covered 
the war in Libya: Mehdi al-Hatari, the former commander of the Tripoli 
Brigade, who played a key role in taking over the capital and the fall of 
Gaddafi. The second, Adem Kikli, says he works for Belhadj, and for almost 
two decades lived in the UK. The third, Fuad, seems to be a bodyguard. "We 
are here on our own individual initiative, not to follow somebody else's 
orders," said Adem. He emphasizes that Harati publicly resigned from his 
post in Tripoli on 11 October. Adem, also says he has been with other 
Libyans, "a few tens", who have moved to Syria on their own to help the 
insurgents.
 
Harati, no doubt, is a man of action. He rose to the fore after 
participating in the Gaza Flotilla in the Spring of 2010. "I was wounded in 
the assault on the Mavi Marmara,and spent nine days in jail in Tel Aviv," he 
says. In February, Harati, who lived in Dublin and has an Irish passport, 
said goodbye to his wife and son, and along with other Libyans residing in 
Ireland went to Libya. There he created the Tripoli Brigade, an elite group 
of fighters, trained by advisers from Qatar, who fought fiercely in the 
final battle for the capital.
 
ABC found out, in addition, about his recent visit to places like Bahrain, 
Sudan and Ankara, for unexplained purposes. Recently, Harati was involved in 
a bizarre episode, when, in his own words, a gang of robbers raided his 
home, taking plenty of jewelry and 200,000 pounds (238,000 euros). Harati 
told police that a lot of money had been handed to him by a CIA agent to 
finance the fight of his group against Gaddafi. The fighter left those 
200,000 pounds to his wife, in case anything happened to him and took the 
rest of Libya.
 
As we flee towards the border, the Libyans provide us with some clues as to 
their presence in Syria. "If it were up to us, we would send weapons to the 
Syrians tomorrow. We no longer need them!," Harati said. "They would would 
have to enter Syria from Turkey, but the Turks can not authorize it since 
there is no consensus within NATO", he adds. Once at the border, the three 
Libyans tell us they are returning to their homeland. At least, so they say.
 
Daniel Iriarte 
 
 

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Con tanto di foto. Gente di Beljiai
 
Al Queddini in trsferta, dicono che la NATO li ha mandati come osservatori.