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              MI5 εν λόγω Ιράκ; επιδείνωσε την απειλή από τη διεθνή τρομοκρατία;
Παρασκευή, 21η Νοεμβρίου 2008
Από το Δαβίδ Morrison | Η Στέλλα Rimington, ο προτελευταίος προϊστάμενος MI5, πέρασε από συνέντευξη από Decca Aikenhead στο φύλακα στις 18 Οκτωβρίου 2008. Την ρώτησε για την επίδραση της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας; εισβολή του s του Ιράκ στην τρομοκρατική απειλή στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία:
Το Decca Aikenhead φάνηκε να εκπλήσσεται με αυτόν τον ειλικρινή ισχυρισμό από ένα πρώην-κεφάλι MI5 μιας αιτιώδους σύνδεσης μεταξύ της Μεγάλης Βρετανίας; εισβολή του s και επάγγελμα του Ιράκ και η υψωμένη τρομοκρατική απειλή στη Μεγάλη Βρετανία. Σχολίασε:
Επίσημη MI5 άποψη Στην πραγματικότητα, είναι η επίσημη άποψη MI5, και είναι για αρκετά έτη, ότι μια τέτοια αιτιώδης σύνδεση υπάρχει. Ξέρω ότι επειδή το διάβασα MI5; ιστοχώρος του s Ιουλίου 2005, κατά την διάρκεια των βομβαρδισμών του Λονδίνου. Εκεί, σε μια σελίδα που τιτλοφορήθηκε απειλή στο UK από τη διεθνή τρομοκρατία, διάβασα:
Ήμουν έκπληκτος για να διαβάσω αυτό δεδομένου ότι αναγνώρισε ότι η δραστηριότητα Al-Qaeda ήταν, τουλάχιστον εν μέρει, μια αντίδραση στη δυτική παρέμβαση στο μουσουλμανικό κόσμο, που οδηγήθηκε παρά από μια κακή φιλοδοξία να καταστραφεί ο τρόπος ζωής μας στη δύση, ως πολιτικούς ηγέτες μας που συνεχίστηκαν μας. At that time, Prime Minister Blair was (understandably) trying to deny the existence of a connection between the invasion of Iraq and the bombings in London on 7 July 2005, lest somebody accuse him of having blood on his hands. That was not an unreasonable accusation, given that, having been warned in advance by the intelligence services that the threat from al-Qaida ?would be heightened by military action against Iraq? (see Intelligence & Security Committee report of 11 September 2003 [2], Paragraph 126), he chose to make Britain a less safe place by invading Iraq in March 2003. I made considerable efforts to draw the attention of The Guardian and other newspapers to the extraordinary fact that the words coming out of the Prime Minister?s mouth were at variance with what was published on the MI5 website. This seemed to me to be newsworthy. But to no avail. To the best of my knowledge, this plain, publicly stated, view of MI5 was never quoted in the columns of The Guardian, until a letter by me was published on 3 July 2007 [3]. That Guardian readers are ignorant of MI5?s view on the issue is due to the failure of Guardian journalists to bring it to their readers? attention. Lest there is any doubt that the intelligence services have long held the view that invading Iraq increased the terrorist threat to Britain, listen to this from a Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) assessment entitled International Terrorism: Impact of Iraq dated April 2005, extracts of which were published in The Sunday Times on 2 April 2006:
Blair?s blowback Even Tony Blair eventually acknowledged that his military adventures in the Muslim world had produced ?blowback?. Here?s is what he said in his resignation speech in Sedgefield on 10 March 2007:
The Guardian has yet to report this confession by the former Prime Minister that he has made Britain a less safe by his military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq and, in the process, he has caused the deaths of around 400 British soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of Afghans and Iraqis. Crucial point erased Today, the MI5 website still has a page about ?international terrorism? [6], but you won?t find a word about Iraq on it. The previous plain statement by MI5 that there was a causal connection between Iraq and the risk of terrorism in Britain was removed some time since June 2007, when I last saw it there. Now al-Qaeda?s motivation is described in the following terms:
It doesn?t quite go so far as to say that al-Qaeda is out to destroy our way of life in the West, but the crucial point ? that al-Qaeda terrorism in the West is a response to Western interference in the Muslim world ? has been erased. Jacqui Smith speaks Most of her speech was taken up with detailing the measures she was taking to counter al-Qaeda in Britain. Four regional counter-terrorism policing hubs, in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds have been established and a fifth one is on the way on the M4 corridor. These are tasked ?not only to investigate conspiracies and terrorist operations but to understand radicalisation and radicalisers and to tackle them effectively?. Several Government departments are also involved in countering ?radicalisation?: the Department for Children Schools and Families in providing advice to teachers on how to deal with signs of radicalisation; the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in working with student bodies and higher and further education to do something rather similar; the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in considering what impact the issue of counter radicalisation should have on their programmes; ditto the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health; the Department of Justice is addressing the problem of radicalisation in prisons; and, last but not least, the Department for Communities and Local Government is working on the Preventing Violent Extremism plan. And she holds ?a Weekly Security Meeting with senior representatives from each of these Departments and others across Whitehall to discuss their work and the current threat with the police and the security and intelligence agencies?. How any of this is meant to reduce or prevent ?radicalisation? in circumstances in which the main driver ? the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq ? is still going on is not clear. Withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan would certainly diminish, and perhaps eliminate, the threat to Britain from al-Qaeda. In other words, if we ceased spending money and blood invading Muslim countries, we wouldn?t need to spend money protecting the British homeland from terrorism emanating from the Muslim world in response ? and blood would not be spilled on our streets when the protection proves to be fallible. Notes Have Your Say: MI5 said Iraq ?exacerbated the threat from international terrorism? Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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