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Special report: Rendition ordeal that raises new questions about secret trials

Fatima Bouchar, the wife of Abdul Hakim Belhaj. Both were detained in 2004 in Bangkok with the help of MI6 and rendered to Libya. Photograph: Irina Kalashnikova for the Guardian

In 2004, Fatima Bouchar and her husband, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, were detained en route to the UK, and rendered to Libya. This is the story of their imprisonment, and the trail of evidence that reveals the involvement of the British government. Just when Fatima Bouchar thought it couldn’t get any worse, the Americans forced her [...]

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Clashes over federalism break out in eastern Libya, 1 killed

Libyan protesters damage a vehicle belonging to pro-federalism demonstrators during clashes in the eastern city of Benghazi on March 16, 2012.

Clashes between supporters and opponents of federalism have broken out in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, leaving one person dead and several injured. “One person was killed and at least five others were wounded,” medical official Basma Mohammed told AFP on Friday. However, the chairman of the Supreme Security Committee of Benghazi, Fawzi Wanis, [...]

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Libyan Islamist leader detained as tensions grow between rival factions

Abdulhakim Belhadj, head of the Tripoli Military Council   Photo: REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

The Libyan militia leader who has emerged as the country’s most powerful Islamist was detained by a rival brigade at Tripoli Airport, in a new sign of the potential for conflict within the triumphant rebel movement. Abdulhakim Belhadj, head of the Tripoli Military Council and the former leader of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, was [...]

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After Ben Ali and Mubarak, the third tyrant Gaddafi falls and the rest are on their way, with Allah’s Permission!

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This is an open letter to the Muslim in Libya, and also fellow sincere brothers and sisters out there. May Allah SWT opens their hearts to hear the truth. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم O Muslims, O our people in Libya! Alhamdulillah that Allah has broken the back of the tyrant, brutal murderer and terrorizer of [...]

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Libya rebels will recognize Israel

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Rebel message is set to anger Muslims who backs Libyan effort against Kadhafi’s rule beacuse Israel refuses to end decades of invasion on Muslim Arab lands. French writer Bernard Henri Levy said he delivered a message on Thursday from Libyan rebel leaders to Israel’s premier saying they would seek diplomatic ties with Israel if they [...]

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Libya rejects G8 call, accepts AU plan

Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim

The Libyan government has rejected the calls for ruler Muammar Gaddafi to step down made by world leaders gathered at the Group of Eight (G8) meeting in France. “The G8 is an economic summit. We are not concerned by its decisions,” AFP quoted Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaaim as saying late on Friday. He [...]

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Libya’s Gaddafi Has Nowhere to Go

The ICC indictment of Gaddafi and his close supporters looks to have further deepened his isolation, but may also make it harder for them to quit

By Peter Apps Political Risk Correspondent (Reuters) – Beset by apparent defections, perhaps personally targeted by NATO and indicted for war crimes, Muammar Gaddafi is finding Libya’s war turning against him — but with nowhere obvious to go he may hang on regardless. The International Criminal Court indictment of Gaddafi, his eldest son Saif al-Islam [...]

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Qaddafi and NATO agree on need for negotiations, but on what terms?

A Libyan rebel hailing a strike against Al Qaddafi forces. (File Photo)

Two months into the imposition by the United Nations Security Council of a no-fly zone above Libya, the allied forces and Muammar Qaddafi agree that there is no military solution to the Libyan crisis. The problem is that they disagree on whether the solution can involve a continued role for Mr. Qadaffi. Continued NATO strikes [...]

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