Chad Rebels: Libya Blocking Al Qaeda Captive's Handover

Hey, isn't Qaddafi supposed to be our pal these days? From AP, with thanks to DC Watson:

Amari Saifi, the former No. 2 man of Algeria's violent Salafist Group for Call and Combat, was claimed captured by Chad rebels earlier this year as West African armed forces backed by France and the United States chased him across the Sahara.

Chad rebels told The Associated Press on Monday they had turned over two of Saifi's accomplices to Libyan agents at the two countries' border on June 25.

Libya, however, had failed to keep its word to turn over the two men to the West, Brahim Tchouma, an official in exile for the rebels' Movement for Justice and Democracy in Chad, told the AP by telephone.

As a result, Chad rebels were balking at turning over Saifi himself, Tchouma said.

"The Libyans didn't want to cooperate, and so we have stopped our negotiations" with them, Tchouma said.