So, the U.S., France and Britain all decided to invest millions of dollars and the safety of their military forces to help the Libyan rebels oust Moammar Gaddafi from power and in the end, those same rebels have come out with a big hug and a big thank you for none other than Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Yeah, you read that right.
From the article at AFP:
Iran "discreetly" provided humanitarian aid to Libyan rebels before the fall of Tripoli, Jam-e-Jam newspaper quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday as saying.
"We were in touch with many of the rebel groups in Libya before the fall of (Moamer) Kadhafi, and discreetly dispatched three or four food and medical consignments to Benghazi," Salehi told the daily.
"The head of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdel Jalil, sent a letter of thanks to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for having been on their side and helping," he added.
I don't know why this should be so surprising - see, I'll let you in on a little surprise...(leans closer).....(whispers)....Iran is Muslim, we aren't! Oh, and one more thing...the Libyan rebels are gonna be looking for a long term sugar daddy or should I say "sugar mullah" and as we all know, the Iranians are infamous for financially taking care of terrorists that will do their bidding in other parts of the world.
Iran 'discreetly aided Libyan rebels'
TEHRAN — Iran "discreetly" provided humanitarian aid to Libyan rebels before the fall of Tripoli, Jam-e-Jam newspaper quoted Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday as saying.
"We were in touch with many of the rebel groups in Libya before the fall of (Moamer) Kadhafi, and discreetly dispatched three or four food and medical consignments to Benghazi," Salehi told the daily.
"The head of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustafa Abdel Jalil, sent a letter of thanks to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for having been on their side and helping," he added.
Since the Libyan uprising erupted in mid-February, Iran has adopted a dual approach -- criticising the Kadhafi regime for its violent assaults on the rebels while at the same time condemning NATO's military intervention.
On Tuesday, Iran "congratulated the Muslim people of Libya" after rebels overran the capital Tripoli, but it has so far distanced itself from officially recognising the NTC.
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