Taking Terror Fight to N. Africa Leads U.S. to Unlikely Alliances - washingtonpost.com

Taking Terror Fight to N. Africa Leads U.S. to Unlikely Alliances - washingtonpost.com: "A close examination of how Saifi was apprehended, however, highlights the quandaries facing the United States as it extends its fight against Islamic terrorism to remote parts of the globe. In its search for allies in an unstable region, the U.S. government reached out to Libya -- then still officially designated a state sponsor of terrorism -- and to other countries it has condemned for abusing human rights."