NATO: ‘Flickers’ of Possible Qaida, Hizbullah Involvement with Libya Rebels
NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis, has said that officials had seen "flickers" of possible al-Qaida and Hizbullah involvement with the Libyan rebel forces fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s regime.
But in a Senate hearing Tuesday, Stavridis said that there was no evidence of significant numbers within the political opposition group's leadership.
"The intelligence that I'm receiving at this point makes me feel that the leadership that I'm seeing are responsible men and women who are struggling against Col. Gadhafi," Stavridis said.
"We have seen flickers in the intelligence of potential al-Qaida, Hizbullah; we've seen different things.
“But at this point, I don't have the detail sufficient to say that there's a significant al-Qaida presence or any other terrorist presence in and among these folks," he added.
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