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Cameron calls for inquiry into UK-Libya rendition claims
Published: 05 September, 2011, 23:48
Edited: 06 September, 2011, 08:40
United Kingdom, London: The headquarters of Britain's MI6 intelligence agency are pictured in London, on November 23, 2010. (AFP Photo / Ben Stansall)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for an independent inquiry into allegations that the MI6 intelligence agency was involved in the rendition of Libyan terrorism suspects.
It comes after files discovered in a Libyan government office showed that the CIA and MI6 enjoyed a very close relationship with Libyan intelligence services during Muammar Gaddafi's rule.
Also, an anti-Gaddafi military leader who was transferred by the CIA to Libya in 2004 wants the UK and the US to apologize. The inquiry said it will investigate.
"We've asked the retired judge Sir Peter Gibson to examine issues around the detention and treatment of terrorist suspects overseas, and this inquiry has already said it will look at these latest accusations very carefully,” Cameron told the House of Commons.
"My concern throughout has been not only to remove any stain on Britain's reputation, but also to deal with these accusations of malpractice so as to enable our security services to get on with the vital work that they do," he added.
However, former British intelligence officer Annie Machon claims that Cameron is being “incredibly disingenuous” in his calls.
She argues that the inquiry is going to be “toothless,” because under UK law any inquiry that is established, including this torture inquiry, is circumscribed by the very organizations that are being investigated – in this case, the MI5 and MI6.
Machon also noted that Gibson, the very man heading the inquiry, was commissioner of the intelligence services for five years, and has cozy ties with the British intelligence services.
“I doubt he is going to unearth anything,” she predicted.
The diplomatic dance between the West, particularly the UK, and Libya has been going on for decades, the former intelligence officer claimed.
“The UK started up a perfect storm in its relationship with Libya, and it has created problems which are going to go on for years now,” she said. “All of the most dubious practices which have resulted in the war on terror seem to be coming to a ‘nexus point’ in Libya.”
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Jignatius, beleve it! Al Qaeda was a US mafia creation, but when the Texan firm had control, it got into a turf war with the Saudi breakaway operation - over who should run the Kuwait protection racket. This turf war got very heated, anything went – torture, rape… Like all turf wars, it was all out war, former drinking buddies, were betrayed and were now drinking more than they could swallow, but it was finally resolved when the Chicago operation, led by Alcabama, who had taken over from the Texan operation, by deceiving the gang, trashed Bin Liner, the Saudi breakaway operation godfather. This set up the re-unification of all the Al Qaeda operations under one roof led by the infamous Big Boy Sam, whom the Chicago operation’s Alcabama serves. So now Al Qaeda was back under the control of its creator, so it was back to business as usual, muscling in on neighbourhoods to take control of businesses. Installing local lieutenants along the way like the French connections So Cosey, The Viking’s Raize Morsin and Britania’s Colonial Clammeron . The turf war was resolved by simple principles, Al Qaeda own the land, Big Boy Sam, the Air, with the loot divided up, money for Big Boy Sam, weapons and ground for Al-Qaeda. With the rules in place, and working well for both, they now set their sights on enlarging their rackets by terrorising other businesses of the world. Small fry are first; their approach is straight forward, first they get men on the inside to case the joint, then they invite the business owners over for drinks a few times, then bang, when the victims feel comfortable with the goons, they forget to upgrade the alarms., and before the victim knows it, the heavies are in through the windows and doors, using local muscle. The operations goal is to clean up on all the businesses, and people are starting to realise it, as the operation starts to sprawl. So now people are talking of building a brick wall to keep Big Boy Sam’s goons out before taking back the city.
Mr Cameron wants probably to create some new James Bond scenario for the 007th.
Parody is that 007 is a positive figure whose defending justice.
Agent 007 will be certainly caught devils as Mr Cameron with an accomplice Sarkozy.
So hunting success!
P. S. In reality, I do not doubt about sleaze of secret inteligence
Mr. Cameron will face a lot of back fire from opposite parties like Mr. Tony Blair faces in his life.
Iraq = US and UK
Libya = UK and France
Next country = ?