I think it is funny to call the Libyan rebels 'pro-democracy fighters' as has Al-Jazeera done in the last weeks. It is immature to label them as such, particularly when there are reports indicating a role played by Islamist Jihadists among the rebel forces. Fighting a dictator is not enough to describe someone as democratic, especially in a situation more similar to civil war than to popular revolution. Notice that after the liberating of Banghazi from Gadhaffi's forces, many slogans written on the street's walls described Gadhaffi as 'Kafir' (infidel) , rather than a dictator. Those who wrote these slogans probably were not looking for a democratic alternative, at least not more than a 'non-Kafir' one.
I guess that al-Qa'eda and its alikes are, or will be, strong enough to provide NATO forces with another mission in Libya, after the ousting or paralyzing of Gadhaffi. Maybe the next mission is to defend the 'democratic' opposition from Al-Qa'eda's fighters, a mission that might last as long as the oil flows in the pipelines.
Al-Qa'eda fighers in Libya
Libyan rebel commander admit Al-Qa'eda links
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