Al Qaeda flag flies over Benghazi - Polidicks

[B]A BLACK FLAG WITH WRITING ON IT. EVERYONE FUCKING PANIC! IT MUST BE AL QAEDA![/B] because in arab culture, the black flag isn't a symbol of resistance and war, nope not at all. Fucking daily mail, it gives you cancer you know. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI[/media]

So Gadaffi was summarily executed, hundreds if not thousands of people are being tortured, and now there's an Al Quaeda flag flying over Benghazi. But nope, there's nothing wrong with the new regime! :downs:

Just been watching a Panorama docu on Libya, several of the militiamen under direct control from the new government were wearing shirts with the same scrawl as the flag. I do believe the flag is of the new government, not Al Qaeda.

[QUOTE=kittykaty;33072526]Just been watching a Panorama docu on Libya, several of the militiamen under direct control from the new government were wearing shirts with the same scrawl as the flag. I do believe the flag is of the new government, not Al Qaeda.[/QUOTE]The red, black and green one with a crescent moon in the centre? There's no text on it, though it's possible some rebels scrawl slogans on theirs.

no no, solid black with the same arabic scrawl across it's back. They were part of a government snatch-squad - going around arresting former officers, prison guards and security officers.

[QUOTE=kittykaty;33072812]no no, solid black with the same arabic scrawl across it's back. They were part of a government snatch-squad - going around arresting former officers, prison guards and security officers.[/QUOTE]Hm, odd. In any case, it's not the new flag of Libya; their pre-Gaddafi, monarch-era flag is.

[QUOTE=Deiru;33062750]It's not that flag. I'm pretty sure that it is this one. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_the_Islamic_State_of_Iraq.svg/221px-Flag_of_the_Islamic_State_of_Iraq.svg.png[/img] If so, that's a flag of the Islamic State of Iraq, which is apparently an umbrella organisation of various insurgent groups, including Al Qaeda. Of course, wikipedia was the source here, so take it with a pinch of salt. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq[/url][/QUOTE] The flag says: laa il-ilah ilaa allaah, allaah rasuul muhammed (there is no god but god, muhammed is the messenger of allaah). Used universally in the Islamic world, fuck all to do with al-Qaeda.

[QUOTE=AK'z;33071411]That's a pathetic design. I prefer this: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg[/img][/QUOTE] Bitch, please [img]http://www.mouseguns.com/ak47info/mozflag.jpg[/img]

Oh no al queda are evil! Edit: What are we going to do!? The treacherous Libyans decided for THEMSELVES!? WE were meant to tell them what to do!

[QUOTE=Falchion;33213992]Oh no al queda are evil! Edit: What are we going to do!? The treacherous Libyans decided for THEMSELVES!? WE were meant to tell them what to do![/QUOTE] The NTC was brought in through a violent revolujtion that only succeeded through NATO intervention. If they are supporting Al-Quaeda then that is a legitimate concern. [editline]10th November 2011[/editline] "Hey, the Germans elected the Nazis, what can we do?"

[QUOTE=Falchion;33213992]Oh no al queda are evil! Edit: What are we going to do!? The treacherous Libyans decided for THEMSELVES!? WE were meant to tell them what to do![/QUOTE] If they really decided for themselves, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't take fucking months and NATO intervention to overthrow Gaddafi. I'm not saying that there were no NTC supporters, just that there aren't as many as you think there are.

[QUOTE=Spirit_Breaker;33220303]If they really decided for themselves, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't take fucking months and NATO intervention to overthrow Gaddafi. [/QUOTE] Sure it would've. It was a motley rebel group that wasn't particularly well armed or professionally trained against an established, equipped and disciplined military force.