Libyan rebels are now ready to help Syrians overthrow President Assad and export the same Peace and Justice Gaddafi experienced to other Middle Eastern countries.Almost every week, people of Tripoli rally calling on the armed militia to leave. It seems that Libyans are having hard time deciding if those armed guys prowling the streets of Tripoli are liberators, freedom fighters or looters and terrorists?
When you start looking at the resumes of some of the Libyan militia leaders, it's no wonder that people of Libya are afraid. People like
Abdelhakim Belhadj, now represent the face of free and democratic Libya. After 9/11 attacks, this "freedom fighter" fled to Afghanistan, and joined the Taliban. Abdelhakim Belhadj is also suspected of complicity in the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Now, this man is one of the leaders of Libyan militia.
Gaddafi is dead. Libya is supposedly free. Now, it seems that there are too many armed young people ready to follow their revolutionary path, wherever it might take them. Militias seem unwilling to part with their guns and to them, Syria seems like the next logical destination.
Portraits of Che Guevara are visible on almost all the streets of Tripoli. Many former rebels are trying to change their appearance so that they resemble the world's most famous revolutionary. All this might be just a passing hype, if there were no comments like:
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We're all ready to join the Syrian revolution and, with the help of Allah, we'll make sure that what happened in Libya repeats itself."
or
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With the help of Allah, we can all be like Che Guevara, fighting for peace and freedom around the world."
Che tried exporting revolution, first to Congo-Kinshasa and later to Bolivia. Fidel was only too happy to let his troublesome and popular revolutionary colleague go and leave ruling the country to him.
Now, the Libyan National Transitional Council seems to find similar solution to their troubles with armed rebel leaders. One of the council's leaders, Mohamed Alhuraizi, explained this
new revolution export business quite clearly when he said:
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We appreciated the help that came to the Libyan people, and if we could provide the Syrian people with any help to get their freedom, I think we should do it."
According to some sources, Abdelhakim Belhadj, once the man on the CIA's most-wanted list, already took a group of several hundred Libyan rebels to Syria. It seems that
Arab Spring managed to revive the old Che Guevara's idea of exporting revolutions.
Che fought his guerrilla wars to propagate Socialist ideals and reduce economic inequalities. What are the people like Abdelhakim Belhadj going to fight for in Syria remains to be seen.