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Blair plans to outlaw Al Qaida-linked groups
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SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, October 17, 2005
LONDON — Britain intends to ban several Middle East insurgency
groups linked to Al Qaida.
The government of Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to outlaw about a
dozen Islamic insurgency groups. Several of them have been identified as
aligned with Al Qaida and operate in the Middle East and North Africa.
The organizations slated to be banned include the Libyan Islamic
Fighting Group, which has sought to overthrow the regime of Col. Moammar
Khaddafy. The group has been deemed a terrorist group by the United
States, Middle East Newsline reported.
Another organization on the proposed British ban was the Moroccan
Islamic Combat Group, which has worked to replace the North African monarchy
with an Islamic caliphate. In early October, the State Department included
the Moroccan group on the U.S. list of terrorist organizations.
Ansar Al Islam, aligned with Al Qaida and based in Iraq, has also been a
target of the British government. The proposed British list also contained
Ansar Al Sunna Army, a Sunni group
that has targeted the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq.
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