Tripoli, Sept 3 (ANI): A Libyan rebel military commander negotiating over the future of his country has revealed that he was tortured by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents, accusing him of being an al-Qaeda operative.
Abdel Hakim Belhaj, the former leader of an Islamic militant group that sent fighters to Iraq and Afghanistan, said he spent seven years in jail, where he was even denied a shower for three years, the Daily Mail reports.
He claimed that after being arrested at an airport in Malaysia in 2004, the U.S. agents took him to Thailand as part of the rendition process of transferring prisoners to countries that use torture.
Belhaj also claimed that he was tortured by American agents at a facility in the South East Asian state before he was returned to Libya, where he remained in prison until the end of 2010, the paper said.
His allegations highlight the apparent closeness between the U.S. and Colonel Moammar Gaddafi's regime, which collapsed last week following a six-month uprising against the regime.
Belhaj, who fought against the Russians in Afghanistan in the 1980s, said that he would take legal action against those responsible people if he ever manages to get a chance.
However, the former commander of now dissolved Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, who in 2009 publicly gave up violent jihad, insists he no longer holds any grudge against the West.
Nevertheless, he claimed 'revenge doesn't motivate him personally,' adding that he hopes extremism will be shun in Libya in the near future. (ANI)
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