The MI6-Al-Shabaab Connection
British security analysts fear that the
militant Islamic Somali group Al-Shabaab, which has admitted to
carrying out acts of terrorism, may attack the London Olympic Games. The
military and its secret services count on the media to “set the agenda”
(Chatham House)1 and to “shape perceptions” (Ministry of Defence).2
It is not surprising, then, that the government’s terrorism claims are
repeated uncritically by the media, which specialise in “white
propaganda” (an official term for establishment messages).3
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Al-Shabaab foreign forces are recruited and trained by MI5 agents.
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In reality, Al-Shabaab was infiltrated
by old MI6 assets long ago, and its foreign forces are recruited and
trained by MI5 agents (see below). If there is an attack on the Olympic
Games carried out by Al-Shabaab, it will almost certainly be a
false-flag designed to propel a war-weary public into supporting yet
more bloodshed in the Pentagon’s quest for Full Spectrum Dominance.4
With one million Somalis dependent on Red Cross food aid (and not by
accident), a British-led invasion could lead to mass starvation.
Shell and BP have long-standing oil
contracts in Somalia, which the country’s socialist Islamic Courts Union
jeopardised by permitting Chinese and Russian prospecting.5
A Chatham House study sponsored by BP recommended that because “Voters
will not actively call for a more effective foreign policy,” the
unelected Tory-Liberal government “should define its international
mission as managing risks on behalf of British citizens.”6
The review laid the basis for the
national security and strategic defence reviews, which named Somalia and
adjacent Yemen, as “threats” to Britain’s “security.”7
In reality, Britain has been a major threat to Somalia and Yemen since
the days of Empire, killing 200,000 Yemenis in the 1962-1970 war.8
If you want to know the military-industrial-complex’s real interest in
Somalia and Yemen, look at a map. No amount of propaganda (except
perhaps major cartographical revisions) can disguise the fact that
16,000 trade ships a year pass through the Gulf of Aden on their way to
Europe and the US.9 Counterterrorism is a necessary pretext for militarising the zone.
BACKGROUND
The Red Cross warned that nearly one million Somalis are dependent upon aid.10
The foundations of the crisis were laid in 2006, when the
Ethiopia-based Transitional Federal Government (TFG)—financed, armed,
and trained by British special forces—invaded Somalia to depose the
Islamic Courts Union. The TFG’s interior minister, Guled Ghamadeere,
held up World Food Program (WFP)-delivered aid. The WFP refused to act
because it was being used to funnel Department for International
Development money (given by the British taxpayer) to the TFG.11
The mass-murder, rape, looting, and
torture inflicted by the TFG sparked a refugee crisis in which one
million Somalis fled Mogadishu. Hundreds of thousands of Somali and
Ethiopian “boat people” flee across the Gulf of Aden each year to seek
refuge in Yemen,12 where the British-trained and armed security services murdered demonstrators during the Arab Spring.13
A quarter of a million Somalis also live in dire conditions in Kenyan
camps, where the British-trained and armed Kenyan forces rape and extort
the women. Other refugees live on the Somalia-Ethiopia border.14
The dire situation put 4 million
Somalis on the brink of starvation in a “famine caused by men, not by
global warming,” in the words of the only journalist in Britain to cover
the story (Aden Hartley). The US Congress described the Islamic Courts
Union (ICU) as a non-violent, non-extremist socialist government which
achieved poverty reduction. A Chatham House paper noted the ICU’s
near-total eradication of piracy.15 But a stable, socialist government which allowed Russia and China to prospect for oil was not to be tolerated by Britain.
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Al-Shabaab spokesman,
Sheikh Rageh |
The TFG finally dismantled the ICU in the three-year war. From
the wreckage emerged Al-Shabaab, the armed, militant wing of the ICU.
In contrast to its predecessor, Al-Shabaab is an extremist organisation
which has committed human rights violations—though nothing on the scale
of the British-created TFG.16 Ugandans,
whose military forces are part of the international occupation of
Somalia, paid a bitter price in 2010, when Al-Shabaab committed its
first external act of terrorism, targeting a soccer World Cup game. The
act was confirmed by Al-Shabaab spokesman, Sheikh Rageh.17 What was not reported, however, is that Rageh’s superior, Ahmed Abdi Godane, has CIA-MI6 links:
THE SHABAAB-MI6 CONNECTION
In
June 2011, the head of UK Counterterrorism, Campbell McCafferty,
testified to a committee that “There has not been any evidence of a link
between the [Somali] pirates and al-Shabab.” However, such a “link to
terrorism would change entirely the international community’s view … I
think people are looking hard for those links.”18 The inference being that if terrorism doesn’t exist, it has to be invented.
A few months later, People newspaper
reported “fears that al-Shabaab will attempt to strike at the [London
Olympic] Games, as well as growing concern over piracy and kidnappings.”
Providing no evidence, the author Nick Dorman said that “Fanatics from
the [Shabaab] group were responsible for 21/7, the botched plot to set
off bombs in London in 2005.”19 There is just one slight problem with this analysis: Al-Shabaab didn’t even exist in 2005. Congressional sources trace its origins to 2007.20
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MI5 Chief Jonathan Evans
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Dorman’s article ended with a quote from a Ministry of Defence
official who claimed that Somalia may be next in line for British
occupation. This was followed by an unprecedented statement from MI5
chief Jonathan Evans, that “Somalia has become the next destination
after Pakistan for terrorist training due to the presence of al-Shabaab,
an extremist group with links to al-Qa’ida.”21
According to the late British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, “al-Qaeda”
is a CIA term used by the agency to describe “the computer data-base” of
fighters that it—together with MI6 and the SAS—funded, armed, and
trained in 197922 in order “to draw the Russians into the Afghan trap,” as Jimmy Carter’s then-National Security Advisor explained.23
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Haroon Rashid Aswat
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Parliamentary documents reveal that MI6 “mobilised” the terrorist group Al-Muhajiroun in the 1990s in order to fight in Kosovo.24
FBI agent and former prosecutor John Loftus, speaking on behalf of the
FBI, revealed that the British extremist Haroon Rashid Aswat is an MI6
double-agent, and that through Al-Muhajiroun has recruited fighters for
Somalia from the UK. Far from being “Al-Shabaab” that tried to commit
terrorism on 21/7, it was actually Aswat who was behind the 7/7 and 21/7
attacks, Loftus said.25 It should be noted, however, that most British Somalis do not support Al-Shabaab, “al-Qaeda”, or terrorism.26
Abu Qatada, whom the Daily Mail describes as “Bin Laden’s right-hand man in Britain,”27
is another MI5-MI6 agent, which explains the reason for his slow
extradition. According to a Time Magazine article from 2002, “senior
European intelligence officials tell TIME that Abu Qatada is tucked away
in a safe house in the north of England, where he and his family are
being lodged, fed and clothed by British intelligence services.”28
MI5 double-agent Reda Hassaine stated: “I saw Qatada brainwash young
Muslims, living in Britain from Africa, Somalia, Sudan, Morocco and my
own country of Algeria.”29 On Al-Shabaab,
the Guardian reported that “Britons are believed to make up about a
quarter of the 200 or so of its foreign fighters, according to the Royal
United Services Institute.”30
It is surely no coincidence that Somalia and Sudan are now listed as the most dangerous places in the world by the Maplecroft Terrorism index?31 After Somalia’s first mosque bombing in 2010, many Somalis suspected foreign involvement.32 It was later revealed that SAS killers had been in Somalia for many years assisting the TFG and the Puntland police force.33
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Abu Qatada, MI5-MI6 Agent in a safe house in England cared for by British Intel Services. |
It is surely no coincidence that Somalia and Sudan are now listed as the most dangerous places in the world by the Maplecroft Terrorism index?31 After Somalia’s first mosque bombing in 2010, many Somalis suspected foreign involvement.32 It was later revealed that SAS killers had been in Somalia for many years assisting the TFG and the Puntland police force.33
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Ahmed Abdi Godane,
Al-Shabaab Leader |
One of Al-Shabaab’s leaders is Ahmed Abdi Godane (also known
as Abu Zubayr). Godane joined Al-Itihad al Islamiya (AIAI) in the 1990s.
According to the US State Department, AIAI “was an Islamist militant
group founded by Somali Salafis in the 1980s. Many of its fighters
trained with al Qaeda in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation, and
returned to Somalia after the war.”34 The US
State Department defines “al-Qaeda” as: “Established by Usama Bin Ladin
in the late 1980s to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan
against the Soviet Union.”35 In other words, its own creation.
The MI5-MI6-Al-Shabaab links appear to
cross “virtual” barriers. Al-Shabaab's website alqimmah.net reaches
Somalis from its registered base in Sweden. It has posted
anti-negotiation statements, written under religious pretexts, in order
to encourage Al-Shabaab members to dismiss peace settlements, such as
the Djibouti Round (2009). The website also schools young recruits in
bomb-making and even attempts to incite Kenyan Muslims. The website is
run by Musa Said Yusuf Godir, who in 2008, was arrested in London with
his colleague Ahmed Said Mohamed Faarax-Deeq, who runs other
Al-Shabaab-affiliated websites. They were charged with terrorism
offences.
However, “Both men were subsequently
cleared of the charges and released,” the UN reported. “On the night of
28 July 2009, participants in an Al-Shabaab online forum celebrated the
release of Faarax-Deeq,” the agency added, concluding: “On 9 August
2009, a group of Somalis … hosted a reception for Faarax-Deeq and Godir
in Leicester [UK],”36 all under the nose of MI5.
Notes- Chatham House, “Are our media threatening the public good?” February, 2010, London: Institute for Government
- Ministry of Defence, “The Strategic Trends Programme: Out to 2040”, London: MoD
- See, for instance, Stephen Dorril, 2000, MI6, London: The Fourth Estate
- US Space Command, “Vision for 2020,” February, 1997
- Senlis Council, “Chronic Failures in the War on Terror”, 2009
- Alex Evans and David Steven, “Organizing for Influence”, June, 2010, Chatham House
- Cabinet Office, “A Strong Britain in an Age of Uncertainty: The National Security Strategy”, October, 2010, and Cabinet Office, “Securing Britain in an Age of Uncertainty: The Strategic Defence and Security Review”, October, 2010
- For the shocking details, see Mark Curtis, 2003, Web of Deceit, London: Vintage and Stephen Dorril, MI6
- Roger Middleton, “Piracy in Somalia: Threatening global trade, feeding local wars”, Africa Programme, October, 2008, Chatham House Briefing Paper, AFP BP 08/02
- Red Cross, “Somalia: food aid distributed to over 900,000 people”, No 11/04 16, December, 2011
- See my, "Somalia Still Suffers", Z Magazine, July-August, 2010
- See my, “Somalia: 'A famine caused by men, not global warming” Axis of Logic, 27 November, 2011
- House of Commons, “Yemen: Military Aid”, 30 November, 2011, Column 919W
- See my, “Somalia: 'A famine caused by men, not global warming'.”, Axis of Logic, 27 November, 2011
- See my, "Somalia Still Suffers", Z Magazine, July-August, 2010
- Human Rights Watch, “Harsh War, Harsh Peace: Abuses by al-Shabaab, the Transitional Federal Government, and AMISOM in Somalia”, April, 2010, London: HRW
- Al-Jazeera, “Al-Shabab claims Uganda bombings,” 13 July, 2010
- Campbell McCafferty, “Piracy off the coast of Somalia”, Foreign Affairs Committee, 29 June, 2011
- Nick Dorman, “2012 Terror Threat - Al Quada [sic] Offshoot Targeted In Somalia”, 6 November, 2011, The People
- Ted Dagne, “Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace,” Congressional Research Service, Order Code RL33911, 12 March, 2007, pp.9-15
- Kim Sengupta, “Britain's new year resolution: intervene in Somalia”, Independent, 22 December, 2011
- Robin Cook, “The struggle against terrorism cannot be won by military means”, The Guardian, 8 July 2005
- Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, “Zbigniew Brzezinski: How Jimmy Carter and I Started the Mujahideen”, 15 January, 1998
- Supplementary memorandum from Institute for Policy Research & Development (PVE 19A), undated
- Loftus interviewed on Fox News
- Ted Dagne, “Somalia: Current Conditions and Prospects for a Lasting Peace”, Congressional Research Service, Order Code RL33911, 12 March, 2007, pp.9-15
- Sue Reid, “The brave agent who exposed Hamza only to be betrayed by MI5”, Daily Mail, 10 April, 2012
- Bruce Crumley, “Sheltering a Puppet Master?”, Time, 7 July, 2002
- Sue Reid, “The brave agent who exposed Hamza only to be betrayed by MI5”, Daily Mail, 10 April, 2012
- Sandra Laville, “Unpredictable ‘lone wolves’ pose biggest Olympic security threat,” Guardian, 9 March, 2012
- Maplecroft, “Newly
formed South Sudan joins Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan at top
of Maplecroft terrorism ranking – attacks up 15% globally”, 3 August, 2011
- See my "Somalia Still Suffers," Z Magazine, July-August, 2010
- Jason Lewis, “Secret SAS mission to Somalia uncovers British terror cells”, Daily Mail, 23 June, 2007
- Nathaniel Horadam, “Profile: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys,” Critical Threats, 14 November, 2011, footnote 6
- Department of State (US), “Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations Contents” Appendix B, no date
- United Nations Security Council,
“Letter dated 10 March 2010 from the Chairman of the Security Council
Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning
Somalia and Eritrea addressed to the President of the Security Council”,
S/2010/91, 10 March, 2010
Source: http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64683.shtml
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