Islamic militants among prisoners freed from Libyan jail

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Islamic militants among prisoners freed from Libyan jail
By Nic Robertson and Paul Cruickshank, CNN
August 26, 2011 6:31 p.m. EDT

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Hundreds of Islamist militants were among the prisoners freed from a notorious Tripoli prison this week, according to a former Libyan jihadist.

The freed militants had been imprisoned in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison by Moammar Gadhafi's regime during the height of the insurgency in Iraq, according to Noman Benotman, once a senior figure in the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. Benotman said he believes as many as 600 militants may have been among the prison population at Abu Salim.

It's not known how many prisoners were held in the vast facility. Human Rights Watch said Gadhafi's prisons "have been filled to the limit in the last few months with thousands of people who were arrested for taking part in the anti-Gadhafi protests, or because of their suspected support for Libya's democratic opposition."

The human rights group, which recently had a team visit the prison, estimates that before the uprising, there were a few hundred Islamists held at Abu Salim.

Benotman said many of the militants released are pro-al Qaeda.

Where did we put that bomb? That one bomb?

Gadhafi, the world's friend

[DumbAss Tanker]

Well duh.  The press has been lying about this all week, claiming all his prisoners released in mass were 'Political prisoners' (Which is sort of, kind of, true for the jihadi terrorists, from COL Moe's point of view, but not from ours) and saying COL Moe didn't bother locking up real street criminals (Which is patently ridiculous, every regime good or bad has plenty of violent dirtballs to lock up).

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After all, they will need all the jihadists that the Muslim Brotherhood can take.
I wonder if the word "rebel" is code word for Islamic militants? Ever wonder who the "rebels" are?