In August 2009,
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group leaders released a 417-page tome and accepted that their methods to topple Gaddafi stem from misinterpretation of Islam.
analysts determined in 2005 that he was a "former member of the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), [a] probable member of al Qaeda and a member of the North African Extremist Network."
A "high security council" serves as a coordinating mechanism for disparate volunteer groups and regime defectors, including armed factions from communities like Zintan and Misuratah and those led by Islamist figures, such as former
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group commander Abdelhakim Belhajj (see "
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)/Libyan Islamic Movement for Change (LIMC)" below).
Other groups on the confidential list included Al-Qaeda, Palestinian Islamic Jihad group,
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group and Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
At the time, he was a member of the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, which
A former commander in the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, a jihadist organization with links to al-Qaida and the Taliban, Belhaj is now the head of the Tripoli military council that led the assault on Qaddafi's Bab al Aziziya compound.
Although the group examined -- the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group -- has long been dismantled, its alleged former ties with Al-Qaeda continue to concern many in the west.
In 1993, Gaddafi was the target of an assassination attempt by the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), since which time he has set himself against any Islamist groups.
In a possible concession to the protesters, Libya will free 110 members of banned militant group the
Libyan Islamic Fighting group from Abu Salim prison later on Wednesday, a human rights activist was quoted by Reuters as saying.
Those expected to be released Feb 16 were members of the
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, which is suspected of having links to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for a failed assassination attempt against Qaddafi in 1995.
The agency reported that participants held up portraits of Gaddafi and chanted: "We sacrifice our blood and souls for you, our leader!" and "We are a generation built by Muammar and anyone who opposes it will be destroyed!" In a possible reaction to the unrest in Benghazi, Libya will free 110 members of banned militant group the
Libyan Islamic Fighting group from Tripoli's Abu Salim prison later on Wednesday, a human rights activist said.