Al Qaeda Plants Its Flag In Libya

VICE:

It was here at the courthouse in Benghazi where the first spark of the Libyan revolution ignited. It's the symbolic seat of the revolution; post-Gaddafi Libya's equivalent of Egypt's Tahrir Square. And it was here, in the tumultuous months of civil war, that the ragtag rebel forces established their provisional government and primitive, yet effective, media center from which to tell foreign journalists about their "fight for freedom."

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Comments

[Nikita007]

12:08 PM on 10/31/2011

Hilary Clinton (gawking/laughing) "We came, we saw, he died"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1VkIEo5p7c&feature=related

Savages gone amok!

[Nikita007]

11:36 AM on 10/31/2011

Nothing new.

Also - nothing new when Transitional Council leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil announced yesterday that Libya was going to transition to Sharia.

Get ready for another influx of mass immigration. Tax payers - better work our but.ts off to pay for the new welfare recipients.

All Libyans did, was to swap one dictatorship for another (even stricter than the previous one) - and the Obama Admin helped them do it.

[westthea]

11:13 AM on 10/31/2011

Western Intelligence = al Qaeda

[Marevostrum]

06:09 AM on 10/31/2011

This "flag" was seen by a single journalist, Sherif ElHelwa of VICE magazine (hardly at the cutting edge of news reporting). There is one single video. No-one else reported this "sensational" news when all the other journalists, bloggers, commentators in Benghazi would surely have seen this al-Qaeda flag had it been there for any length of time. And you can bet they'd have been filing reports and uploading photos within minutes.
The flag's not there now - photos from yesterday show that. The only rational conclusion is that someone climbed up to the courthouse roof and placed it as a stunt, waited for the video and photos to be shot and then removed it. Flag was probably up there 10 minutes.
If someone planted a Papal flag up there, do you think everybody would run around claiming Libya had suddenly become 100% Catholic?That would be equally as gullible.

[Nikita007]

12:09 PM on 10/31/2011

"This "flag" was seen by a single journalist" ...

Yes, that's why there's video and pics all over the world - because only ONE single journalist "saw" it. All the bystanders didn't see it - right?

[Marevostrum]

12:48 PM on 10/31/2011

@Nikita007. Of course this video and pics are seen "all over the world" - that's because the SAME two pictures and one video have been reposted, repeated and retweeted endlessly. But there is not a single other report from any "bystander" in Benghazi or from any other journalist there (and there are many). In fact a "bystander" took a photo of the courthouse the very next day and guess what, no al-Qaeda flag.
There is NO evidence that anyone other than the VICE journalist and whoever was working with him saw this flag. Like I said, best explanation is it was up there for 10 to 15 mins, long enough for them to take the photos and the 15 second video.

[jimmygwrites]

02:46 AM on 10/31/2011

A lot of folks are saying this is a photoshop deal....if it helps any, here's the video.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAfBoOsYK1c

[michael098762001]

08:56 PM on 10/30/2011

Are you and other opponents of the Libyan revolution going to claim that this photo from today's new york times is another brazen display of yet another al-qaeda flag , in Benghazi, Libya?

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/10/30/world/30LIBYAsub/30LIBYAsub-articleLarge.jpg via ,"Hinting at an End to a Curb on Polygamy, Interim Libyan Leader Stirs Anger , ," http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/world/africa/libyan-leaders-remark-favoring-polygamy-stirs-anger.html?ref=africa , , captioned,"In Benghazi on Friday, several hundred men rallied to demand the application of Islamic law, or Shariah, in Libya. That could clear the way for polygamy."

[michael098762001]

08:52 PM on 10/30/2011

i am skeptical about this being an al-qaeda flag (such as seen here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_al-Qaeda_in_Iraq.svg which has yellow Arabic lettering on a Black background) , rather than a generic Islamist flag which states the standard boilerplate ," Abdul Haqq>... One problem, that isn't and al-Queda flag. It is a flag that says, "There is no God but Allah, and Mohammad is His Messenger." A message that appears on almost ALL the flags of Muslim countries.http://www.vice.com/read/al-qaeda-plants-its-flag-in-libya?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150390529293666_29205613_10150392187138666#f64985e28

[michael098762001]

05:31 PM on 10/30/2011

Update: Hammer and Sickle flying atop the court house??

Check it out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64498313@N05/6292974242/in/photostream via http://ironicsurrealism.com/2011/10/29/libya-al-qaeda-plants-its-flag-on-benghazi-courthouse/

[michael098762001]

05:30 PM on 10/30/2011

Video: Al-qaeda Flag flying on new " moderate " govt benghazi courthouse in Libya [ 82700 ] -
CNN Ireport http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Wvjb2LKTD4

[michael098762001]

05:25 PM on 10/30/2011

via https://www.facebook.com/LibyanYouthMovement/posts/183894125025529 Vass Papsy OMG!!!!!!!!! someone put the serbian flag there too
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7122/serbianflag.jpg

[nuanetsi]

03:38 PM on 10/30/2011

Photo taken today at Benghazi Courthouse - NO AL QAEDA FLAG

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64498313@N05/6295806400

People should learn to recognize fake PhotoShop jobs - it is very easy.

[AllenD]

12:19 AM on 10/30/2011

Debunked:

http://www.facebook.com/LibyanYouthMovement/posts/183894125025529

[jimmygwrites]

02:47 AM on 10/31/2011

how does one debunk video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAfBoOsYK1c

[AllenD]

12:39 AM on 11/01/2011

Video could have been taken anywhere. The Libyan flag is red, black and green with a white crescent and star on the black background. Didn't see any of those flags anywhere in your video.

[jimmygwrites]

02:49 AM on 10/31/2011

that link doesn't debunk jack...

[yoyodyne666]

10:27 PM on 10/29/2011

What are they starting a flag farm? Isn't spring the planting season?

[EricBlair84]

09:13 PM on 10/29/2011

Whay should we be SURPRISED???????

The media has been reporting on this for MONTHS.

Huffington Post: Anti-Ameri­­­­­can Extremists Among Libyan Rebels U.S. Has Vowed To Protect (3/19/11)

London Telegraph: Libyan Rebel Commander Admits His Fighters Have Al-Qaeda Links (3/25/11)

Los Angeles Times: Libyan rebel's story shows links to Taliban, Al Qaeda, NATO (4/17/11)

CBS: Al Qaeda may already be among Libya's rebels (3/30/11)

New York Times: Libyan, Once a Detainee, Is Now a U.S. Ally of Sorts (4/24/11)

[nuanetsi]

05:26 PM on 10/29/2011

People on the ground in Benghazi have reported that there is not Al Qaeda flag.

THIS IS A FAKE PHOTOSHOP.

http://www.facebook.com/LibyanYouthMovement

Look for the comment by Patricia Davies-Gumma who lives in Benghazi.

Huffington Post - please do not use links to dicey websites.

[yoyodyne666]

10:44 PM on 10/29/2011

Define dicey ..... un-incorporated?

[AllenD]

11:52 PM on 10/29/2011

Here is a link to the specific thread where it is debunked:

http://www.facebook.com/LibyanYouthMovement/posts/183894125025529