Tariq Nelson

A couple of interesting articles that provide some possible good news: the terrorist bandits are splitting amongst themselves…

First, this article at The New Republic claims that OBL’s minions are turning against him.

In January 2007, under a veil of secrecy, he [former jihadist Noman Benotman] flew to Tripoli in a private jet chartered by the Libyan government to try to persuade the imprisoned senior leadership of his former group to enter into peace negotiations with the regime. He was successful. This May, Benotman told us that the two parties could be as little as three months away from an agreement that would see the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group formally end its operations in Libya and denounce Al Qaeda’s global jihad. At that point, the group would also publicly refute recent claims by Al Qaeda that the two organizations had joined forces.

It also mentions (the UK’s) Usama Hassan’s turn against him and his group.

“At the time I was very anti-American. … It was all black and white for us. I used to be impressed with bin Laden. There was no other leadership in the Muslim world standing up for Muslims.” When September 11 happened, Hassan says the view in his circle was that “Al Qaeda had given one back to George Bush.”

Still, as Al Qaeda continued to target civilians for attacks, Hassan began to rethink. His employment by an artificial intelligence consulting firm also integrated him back toward mainstream British life. “It was a slow process and involved a lot of soul-searching. … Over time, I became convinced that bin Laden was dangerous and an extremist.” The July 2005 bombings in London were the clincher. “I was devastated by the attack,” he says. “My feeling was, how dare they attack my city.”

Then this article in the New Yorker:

Now Fadl was announcing a new book, rejecting Al Qaeda

Filed under: The Culture of Denial and Pretense