The Theory of Unintended Consquences strikes again. From This Week magazine:
3. The CIA allegedly turned a key Libyan dissident over to Gadhafi
The CIA turned over at least eight terrorism suspects to Libya, according to uncovered documents. Notably, the CIA — almost certainly with MI6 help — intercepted former Libyan Islamic Fighting Group commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj en route to Britain from Malaysia, allegedly tortured him, then handed him over to Libya, where he was jailed and abused until his release last year. “In a curious twist of history,” notes Jon Lee Anderson at The New Yorker, “Belhadj has emerged as a prominent leader of the anti-Gadhafi rebellion,” and was just named military commander of Tripoli.
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