New York Times hailed Libyan terror leader behind Benghazi consulate attack as “U.S. ally, of sorts”
Fox News is reporting that Abu Sufyan Bin Qumu, a former GITMO detainee and head of Ansar al-Shariah, may be responsible for leading the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi last week that killed Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans.
(See Bryan Preston’s earlier report.)
It should be noted that in April 2011 when Obama war hawks were selling military action against Qaddafi in Libya, the New York Times published an article describing Bin Qumu as a “U.S. ally, of sorts”:
For more than five years, Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamuda bin Qumu was a prisoner at the Guantánamo Bay prison, judged “a probable member of Al Qaeda” by the analysts there. They concluded in a newly disclosed 2005 assessment that his release would represent a “medium to high risk, as he is likely to pose a threat to the U.S., its interests and allies.”
Today, Mr. Qumu, 51, is a notable figure in the Libyan rebels’ fight to oust Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, reportedly a leader of a ragtag band of fighters known as the Darnah Brigade for his birthplace, this shabby port town of 100,000 people in northeast Libya. The former enemy and prisoner of the United States is now an ally of sorts, a remarkable turnabout resulting from shifting American policies rather than any obvious change in Mr. Qumu.
#Smartdiplomacy
I sure hope none of you subscribe or ever purchase this lying rag, because if you do, you’re supporting the enemy with your money. While you’re at it, why not cancel your cable TV as well and stop funding that source of the Left wing media.
Well, he *is* probably a U.S. ally–since there are two United States existing in the same physical landmass, a blue one and a red one. You just have to define which U.S. you are talking about sometimes.
Speaking of colors, York was white and Lancaster was red.
With friends of sorts like him we don’t need any enemies.