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Libya Islamists in talks on ending struggle
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Libya Islamists in talks on ending struggle
Jailed leaders of Libya?s main Islamist militant group are talking to the government about abandoning their armed struggle, a former senior member of the organisation said in remarks published yesterday. Noaman Othmane said the al Qaeda-linked Fighting Islamic Group in Libya (FIGL), which aims to overthrow the government of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and set up purist Islamic rule, is ?practically defunct?, pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat reported.
The FIGL announced its presence in 1995, vowing to topple Gaddafi and launching a violent campaign in the OPEC country. In November 2007, al Qaeda?s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri said the group had joined the militant organisation.
The newspaper said the Gaddafi Foundation charity chaired by Saif al-Islam, one of Gaddafi?s sons, had been involved in the talks between the FIGL leaders and Othmane, whom the newspaper described as based in London.
Saif al-Islam officially holds no government job but is his father?s most trusted envoy.
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