Thread: WikiLeaks - Guantanamo Detainee Now Libyan Rebel Leader

WikiLeaks: Guantanamo detainee is now Libyan rebel leader

A man who spent six years in Guantanamo is now a senior figure in the Libyan rebels’ fight against Colonel Gadaffi.

By Holly Watt 7:00AM BST 26 Apr 2011
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In a newly disclosed file by WikiLeaks that was written in 2005, Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda Bin Qumu was identified as a “probable member of Al Qaida and a member of the African Extremist Networkâ€

now aint that a hoot; John "Broke Ass" McCain called them all Patriots and there was no sign of Al Qaida anywhere

Wikileaks: British aid budget funded key aide to al-Qaeda

An Afghan politician identified as a key aide to al-Qaeda terrorists was funded by the British aid budget, according to documents released by WikiLeaks.


Among the poppies: Mullan Haji Rohullah, an Afghan politician, was paid more than £300,000 to eradicate his crops Photo: REUTERS

By Holly Watt 8:00PM BST 25 Apr 2011

Mullan Haji Rohullah, who was subsequently transported to Guantánamo, was paid more than £300,000 of British taxpayers’ money to eradicate his poppy crops. But he instead allegedly supported al-Qaeda and helped terrorists escape allied forces — while continuing to act as a major drugs trafficker.

The revelation raises new questions over the payment and monitoring of international aid in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the invasion in 2001.

The international development budget, which has recently been embroiled in controversy over the appropriateness of some expenditure, is one of the only areas of the British public sector which is not facing cuts under the Coalition.

Farming poppies for opium was a major source of income to the Taliban, with heroin being trafficked around the world. Rohullah, who was based in Konar province, met the British ambassador in Afghanistan to discuss the eradication scheme and agreed that farmers in the area would receive $250 (£152) an acre to stop growing poppies.

Rohullah is also linked to British intelligence services in the Guantánamo files.

However, according to the documents, “it appears detainee [Rohullah] was not only receiving money from selling poppies when he claimed he was prohibiting them from being grown in Konar province, but he was also receiving financial aid from the Britishâ€

now aint that a hoot; John "Broke Ass" McCain called them all Patriots and there was no sign of Al Qaida anywhere

I wonder if they just cross the borders from Afganistan to join in the latest fray. I have a moral problem with supplying money and weapons to people that have, in the past, sworn to be our ememies.