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Abdel Hakim Belhadj, aka Abu Abdullah Assadaq, aka Abdel Hakim al-Hasadi
is the rebels’ military commander now in charge in Tripoli. He is an al-Qaeda operative who was captured and held for a time at Guantanamo Bay.
Here is more about him. Note what the reporter, Pepe Escobar, says about NATO bombing Sirte, the home city of Gaddafi where it is thought he might be hiding, regardless of probable civilian casualties.
