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In his recent blog entry in The Hill, "Mercenaries in Libya: Gadhafi's Hired Terrorists," Edward Gabriel disingenuously alleges that the indigenous Saharawi people, of the Western Sahara, are fighting for Moammar Gadhafi and somehow linked to al Qaeda. Gabriel's tired allegations could not be further from the truth and, as a long-time lobbyist for the Government of Morocco, he knows it.  

Daniel Benjamin, the State Department’s Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, has made clear, the Saharawi have no ties whatsoever to al Qaeda or terrorism. Gabriel’s claim that Saharawi are fighting for Gadhafi are equally baseless. 

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