Al Qaida Plants Its Flag In Libya  Vice's man in Libya noticed
that a flag flying above the courthouse in Bengahzi, the cradle
of the now victorious Libyan revolution, belongs to Al Qaida.
That doesn't mean the Islamists have won or anything—Al Qaida
flags actually pop up a lot in that part of the world. But it's
not encouraging! When reporter Sherif Elhelwa started taking
photographs, a courthouse guard approached him and said,
"Whomever speaks ill of this flag, we will cut off his tongue. I
recommend that you don't publish these. You will bring trouble
to yourself."  Later, though, the same guard tried to argue that
it wasn't the Al Qaida flag, which features "There is no God but
Allah" in Arabic and a full yellow moon:  The guard claimed
repeatedly that there is no al Qaeda in Libya, and that the flag
flying atop the courthouse is "dark black," while the al Qaeda
flag is charcoal black.  Obviously! And the yellow in the
courthouse flag is maize, while everyone knows Al Qaida uses
lemon.