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Waiting for al-Qaeda

We arrive in the town of Derna, where the top export is the Libyan jihadist, sent to fight against foreign (read: U.S.) invaders pillaging Iraq and Afghanistan.

We arrive in the town of Derna, where the top export is the Libyan jihadist, sent to fight against foreign (read: U.S.) invaders pillaging Iraq and Afghanistan. Sherif tracks down Abdel-Hakim al-Hasadi, the unofficial mayor of this township who's a highly experienced Muslim cleric with ties to the LIbyan Islamic Fighting Group and the Taliban.