Libya
Counter-terrorism officials allowed Manchester bomber to operate in Libya warzone
by MARK CURTIS | 28 June 2022
TAGGED: Libya, Manchester Bombing, terrorism
Manchester bomber was a UK ally
by MARK CURTIS | 27 June 2022
TAGGED: Libya, Manchester Bombing, Qatar, terrorism
Nato bombing of Libya ‘exceeded UN mandate’
by PHIL MILLER | 19 May 2022
TAGGED: Books, Libya
Russian mercenaries invited to Libya via Western security firm
by PHIL MILLER | 14 April 2022
TAGGED: Libya, Russia
Manchester bombing: What are the security agencies hiding?
by RICHARD NORTON-TAYLOR | 4 December 2021
TAGGED: Libya, Manchester Bombing
Four failed wars must finally force the UK to adopt an ethical foreign policy
by PHIL MILLER | 25 August 2021
TAGGED: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria
Government approves ex-minister for oil company role after he lobbied two prime ministers for its CEO
by MATT KENNARD | 13 July 2021
TAGGED: Libya
Sir Alan Duncan, an oil salesman turned British foreign minister, has been approved by the UK government to take up a role at Vitol, the world’s largest petroleum trader. Declassified reveals the potential conflict of interests at the heart of the appointment.
Four terrorists who murdered Britons fought in David Cameron’s war in Libya
by MARK CURTIS | 25 May 2021
TAGGED: David Cameron, Libya, Manchester Bombing, MI5, MI6, Qatar
The public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester terrorist attack shows no sign of investigating the UK’s covert role in the Libya war of 2011 — in which the Manchester bomber had fought. He is one of four terrorists from that conflict who went on to slaughter 63 people, mainly Britons, in separate attacks — and they may even have received military training from UK-allied forces.
Did the UK’s secret Libya policy contribute to the Manchester terror attack?
by PETER OBORNE | 16 December 2020
TAGGED: Libya, Manchester Bombing, MI6, terrorism
The official inquiry into the 2017 Manchester bombing has yet to probe the links between the terrorist, Salman Abedi, and UK covert action during the 2011 war in Libya – yet there is no point in the inquiry unless it asks difficult questions the British establishment would rather avoid.