https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=Document:MI6,_Theresa_May_and_the_Manchester_attack&feed=atom&action=historyDocument:MI6, Theresa May and the Manchester attack - Revision history2024-03-29T00:52:22ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.2https://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=Document:MI6,_Theresa_May_and_the_Manchester_attack&diff=227850&oldid=prevPatrick Haseldine at 10:54, 20 October 20212021-10-20T10:54:42Z<p></p>
<table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface">
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<col class="diff-marker" />
<col class="diff-content" />
<tr class="diff-title" lang="en">
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td>
<td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:54, 20 October 2021</td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2" >Line 2:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|publication_date=30 May 2017</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|publication_date=30 May 2017</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|type=Article</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|type=Article</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|source_name=Jonathan Cook <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Blog</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|source_name=Jonathan Cook<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'s blog</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|source_URL=https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2017-05-30/mi6-theresa-may-and-the-manchester-attack/</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|source_URL=https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2017-05-30/mi6-theresa-may-and-the-manchester-attack/</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|authors=Jonathan Cook</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|authors=Jonathan Cook</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|subjects=MI6, Theresa May, 2017 Manchester bombing, LIFG, Salman Abedi, Cressida Dick, Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk, Amber Rudd</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|subjects=MI6, Theresa May, 2017 Manchester bombing, LIFG<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, Hashem Abedi, Ismail Abedi, Ramadan Abedi</ins>, Salman Abedi, Cressida Dick, Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk, Amber Rudd</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|image=LibyaDevice.jpg</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|image=LibyaDevice.jpg</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|image_width=240px</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|image_width=240px</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l25" >Line 25:</td>
<td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And who gave the approval for such a policy, one that was bound to radicalise at least some of Britain’s Libyan community and provide them with military training and experience they were certain to bring back to the UK?</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And who gave the approval for such a policy, one that was bound to radicalise at least some of Britain’s Libyan community and provide them with military training and experience they were certain to bring back to the UK?</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And here’s the rub. Because when MI6 began funnelling British-Libyan fighters to Libya in 2011, [[Theresa May]] was [[Home Secretary]]. May must have known of the MI6 policy and doubtless approved it. And now she is in the midst of a general election campaign. If she loses, [[Jeremy Corbyn]] is placed to become prime minister in her stead. That is not a prospect any of the corporate media appear willing to accept, even the supposedly left-liberal elements of it, like ''[[The Guardian]]''.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And here’s the rub. Because when <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>MI6<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>began funnelling British-Libyan fighters to Libya in 2011, [[Theresa May]] was [[Home Secretary]]. May must have known of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>MI6<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>policy and doubtless approved it. And now she is in the midst of a general election campaign. If she loses, [[Jeremy Corbyn]] is placed to become prime minister in her stead. That is not a prospect any of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>corporate media<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>appear willing to accept, even the supposedly left-liberal elements of it, like ''[[The Guardian]]''.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And so the story of MI6 and May, their sponsorship of Islamic jihadism, and the likely “blowback” the UK just experienced in Manchester is a sleeping dog no one seems willing to disturb.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>And so the story of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>MI6<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and May, their sponsorship of Islamic jihadism, and the likely “blowback” the UK just experienced in Manchester is a sleeping dog no one seems willing to disturb.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Meanwhile, Corbyn is under assault from May and the corporate media for trying to raise the connection between UK foreign policy and the terrorism it has spawned.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Meanwhile, Corbyn is under assault from May and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>corporate media<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>for trying to raise the connection between UK foreign policy and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>terrorism<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>it has spawned.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For more, check out these stories:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>For more, check out these stories:</div></td></tr>
</table>Patrick Haseldinehttps://wikispooks.com/w/index.php?title=Document:MI6,_Theresa_May_and_the_Manchester_attack&diff=138588&oldid=prevPatrick Haseldine: Creating Document:MI6, Theresa May and the Manchester attack2018-01-21T12:01:21Z<p>Creating <a href="/wiki/Document:MI6,_Theresa_May_and_the_Manchester_attack" title="Document:MI6, Theresa May and the Manchester attack">Document:MI6, Theresa May and the Manchester attack</a></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Document<br />
|publication_date=30 May 2017<br />
|type=Article<br />
|source_name=Jonathan Cook Blog<br />
|source_URL=https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2017-05-30/mi6-theresa-may-and-the-manchester-attack/<br />
|authors=Jonathan Cook<br />
|subjects=MI6, Theresa May, 2017 Manchester bombing, LIFG, Salman Abedi, Cressida Dick, Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk, Amber Rudd<br />
|image=LibyaDevice.jpg<br />
|image_width=240px<br />
|image_caption=[[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]]<br />
|description=And so the story of [[MI6]] and [[Theresa May]], their sponsorship of [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group|Islamic jihadism]], and the likely “blowback” the [[2017 Manchester bombing|UK just experienced in Manchester]] is a sleeping dog no one seems willing to disturb.<br />
}}<br />
You would think that, as the reverberations from last week’s [[2017 Manchester bombing|Manchester terror attack]] continue to be felt, the UK media would be scouring through the literal and figurative rubble trying to find leads. After all, is that not what a profit-driven media in a free society is supposed to do?<br />
<br />
But in the case of this attack, the [[corporate media]] have demonstrated extreme passivity. They have mostly waited for press releases from the government, police and intelligence services. The only things they seem to be chasing are the families of the deceased. (The one exception has been the admirable [[Peter Oborne]], an old-school, maverick journalist who has long written for the right-wing press, including the ''[[Daily Mail]]''.)<br />
<br />
It is not even as though these pampered journalists need to do much of the leg-work themselves. More and more information has come to light online, from “alternative” news sites like ''Middle East Eye'' and ''Al Jazeera'', of the close ties between the British spy agency [[MI6]] and UK-based [[Libya]]ns, most of them from Manchester.<br />
<br />
Back in the late 1990s, MI6 effectively sponsored their trips overseas to become fighters against [[Muammar Gaddafi]]. They came to be known as the [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group]], or LIFG.<br />
<br />
After [[9/11]], the [[LIFG]] became a proscribed organisation for its extreme jihadist agenda. But it was back in business with MI6 after 2011 and the [[Arab Spring]]. The fighters were encouraged to travel abroad again to help remove Gaddafi, as Libya became the target of yet more western-sponsored “humanitarian intervention”. [[Salman Abedi]], the young man responsible for the Manchester attack, and his father are believed to have been among them. Abedi would have been only 16 at the time.<br />
<br />
So where is the coverage of any of this in the {{ccm|corporate media}}? Why are journalists not reporting or pursuing these leads? Can we really trust the British security services to investigate their own behaviour? Does this episode not raise issues of vital [[national security]]?<br />
<br />
And who gave the approval for such a policy, one that was bound to radicalise at least some of Britain’s Libyan community and provide them with military training and experience they were certain to bring back to the UK?<br />
<br />
And here’s the rub. Because when MI6 began funnelling British-Libyan fighters to Libya in 2011, [[Theresa May]] was [[Home Secretary]]. May must have known of the MI6 policy and doubtless approved it. And now she is in the midst of a general election campaign. If she loses, [[Jeremy Corbyn]] is placed to become prime minister in her stead. That is not a prospect any of the corporate media appear willing to accept, even the supposedly left-liberal elements of it, like ''[[The Guardian]]''.<br />
<br />
And so the story of MI6 and May, their sponsorship of Islamic jihadism, and the likely “blowback” the UK just experienced in Manchester is a sleeping dog no one seems willing to disturb.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Corbyn is under assault from May and the corporate media for trying to raise the connection between UK foreign policy and the terrorism it has spawned.<br />
<br />
For more, check out these stories:<br />
<br />
* http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sorted-mi5-how-uk-government-sent-british-libyans-fight-gaddafi-1219906488<br />
<br />
* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4546934/PETER-OBORNE-MI6-share-blame-jihadis.html<br />
<br />
* http://johnhilley.blogspot.co.il/2017/05/manchester-bombing-media-fail-to-probe.html<br />
<br />
* http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15314045.After_the_carnage_of_Manchester__A_new_matrix_of_terror/<br />
<br />
* http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/05/libya-manchester-connection-170528081044095.html</div>Patrick Haseldine