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30 september 2011, 02:11
Nu het regime van Gaddafi nog weinig weerstand zou bieden gaan veiligheidsexperts trachten meer informatie te krijgen over de rebellen.
Men vreest namelijk dat er zich onder de rebellen Al Qaida-leden of andere 'ongewenste terroristen' bevinden. Er zou een potentieel probleem bestaan en men wil vermijden dat Al Qaida of andere groepen gebruik maken van het machtsvacuum.
During the half-year campaign by rebels to drive Muammar Gaddafi from power, U.S. and NATO officials downplayed fears that al Qaeda or other militants would infiltrate anti-Gaddafi forces or take advantage of disorder to establish footholds in Libya.
Since then, however, the assessment of top experts inside the U.S. government has sharpened.
"It's of concern that terrorists are going to take advantage of instability" in post-Gaddafi Libya, said a U.S. official who monitors the issue closely.
"There is a potential problem," said another U.S. official, who said both the U.S. government and Libya's National Transitional Council were watching closely. Experts around the U.S. intelligence community "are paying attention to this," a third U.S. official said.
Officials said that while the rebellion against Gaddafi continued, it was difficult to collect intelligence on the rebels. But now that Gaddafi's regime has dissolved, U.S. and allied agencies are taking a closer look.
Reuters (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-concern-grows-over-militant-activity-libya-222520018.html)
Men vreest namelijk dat er zich onder de rebellen Al Qaida-leden of andere 'ongewenste terroristen' bevinden. Er zou een potentieel probleem bestaan en men wil vermijden dat Al Qaida of andere groepen gebruik maken van het machtsvacuum.
During the half-year campaign by rebels to drive Muammar Gaddafi from power, U.S. and NATO officials downplayed fears that al Qaeda or other militants would infiltrate anti-Gaddafi forces or take advantage of disorder to establish footholds in Libya.
Since then, however, the assessment of top experts inside the U.S. government has sharpened.
"It's of concern that terrorists are going to take advantage of instability" in post-Gaddafi Libya, said a U.S. official who monitors the issue closely.
"There is a potential problem," said another U.S. official, who said both the U.S. government and Libya's National Transitional Council were watching closely. Experts around the U.S. intelligence community "are paying attention to this," a third U.S. official said.
Officials said that while the rebellion against Gaddafi continued, it was difficult to collect intelligence on the rebels. But now that Gaddafi's regime has dissolved, U.S. and allied agencies are taking a closer look.
Reuters (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/exclusive-concern-grows-over-militant-activity-libya-222520018.html)