Islamist religious bigots make move to control Libya rebels

Sunday Telegraph:

Their admission that the shadowy Abu Obeida al-Jarrah Brigade was behind the assassination of Gen Abdel Fattah Younes has raised concern that religious elements within the rebellion have now acquired considerably greater influence than previously thought.

Thursday's killing of Gen Younes, who earlier this year defected from the Tripoli government to join the opposition fight against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, came as a damaging blow to the rebels' military efforts. He was widely seen as one of the few military figures on the rebel side capable of organising their forces against the better trained Libyan government army.

But the admission that the militia whose members are responsible for his death has Islamist leanings, and had been allowed to operate in the east of the country with apparent impunity, will reignite fears that the West's support of the Libyan rebels may ultimately open the way to an Islamic state when Col Gaddafi is eventually forced out.

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What the rebels do to bring justice in the killing will go a long way in deciding what support the rebels should get in the future and what the future of their uprising will hold. They need to quickly move to arrest those responsible for the murder.