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Libya blasts Britain for not sharing intelligence prior to Manchester jihad attack

Jun 14, 2017 6:41 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

The extraordinary outburst about the way Britain shares information with Libya came in the wake of the terror attack carried out by Salman Abedi

Libya, which has adopted Sharia, is beset with troubles from Islamic State strongholds, warring government factions and extensive corruption. Sharing intelligence with such a country to fight jihad would be counterproductive.

Libyan officials have slammed British intelligence agencies for a lack of cooperation that “caused” the Manchester suicide bombing.

It wasn’t lack of cooperation with Libya that “caused” the jihad attack, it was Britain’s sloppiness regarding Islamic jihad. Abedi was known to have “‘proven’ links with Islamic State… All of a sudden he travelled to Libya and then most likely to Syria, became radicalised and decided to commit this attack’, according to France’s interior minister.” British intelligence also knew that he had been to Syria. It is Britain’s laxity in allowing Islamic State jihadis to move freely in and out of the country that led to this attack. Britain, along with other Western nations, seems to have lost control of its borders and has even lost interest in trying to control them.

“Libyan officials blast Britain for not sharing intelligence in run-up to Manchester terror”, by Belinda Robinson, Express, June 13, 2017:

The extraordinary outburst about the way Britain shares information with Libya came in the wake of the terror attack carried out by Salman Abedi, 22, on May 22.

Mr Abedi was born in Manchester but his parents were Libyan refugees who fled to England to escape Colonel Gadaffi’s reign.

His suicide bomb attack at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester Arena left 22 dead, eight of which were children.

Libyan intelligence officers complained about poor security sharing with the UK, which they believe could have prevented the attack, the BBC reports.

Mr Abedi spent a month in Tripoli from April 15, before returning home to England to commit the atrocity.

Libyan officials said that throughout his time in Libya, he was under surveillance, along with his brother, Hashem, and father Ramadan.

Both are still under investigation by officials in Libya’s security services, the Special Deterrence Force.

A spokesperson said the attack had been planned as far back as December 2016.

Shortly after the atrocity, police said they had rounded up members of Mr Abedi’s network.

But police said Sunday all 22 suspects arrested over last month’s attack have been released without charge, while acknowledging that detectives are still not sure whether the attacker had accomplices.

Russ Jackson, head of counterterrorism policing for northwest England, said police believe Mr Abedi assembled the bomb himself, but it is unclear “whether he acted alone in obtaining the materials for the device… and whether others knew or were complicit in the storage of materials knowing what was being planned”.

Mr Jackson said some of those arrested had offered “accounts which explain innocent contact with Mr Abedi”.

He said risk to the public had been considered before suspects were released.

Suspects arrested under terrorism laws can be held for up to 14 days before they must be charged or released.

Mr Jackson said police had traced Mr Abedi’s movements in the weeks before the attack in detail and “understand how the chemicals and equipment were obtained and where the bomb was assembled”.

He said the vast police investigation will continue “as we work to understand the full extent of the involvement of anyone else”.

Police released new images Sunday of Mr Abedi waking through Manchester with a blue suitcase, which they believe contained bomb materials…..

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Filed Under: Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Libya, United Kingdom Tagged With: Libyan intelligence, Manchester, Salman Abedi


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  1. Oliver says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 9:30 am

    Libya. Upset Britain didn’t share intelligence about this pos. Why didn’t Libya tell Britain that he and his brother and father were radicals. Although Britain probably would have done zero

  2. Oliver says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 9:33 am

    Libya. Where the Pan Am glight 103 bomber was hailed as a hero when he was sent back. Supposedly terminally ill.
    More civil war there. And their people stay there.

  3. Tom says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 9:59 am

    Libya … a failed state that has adopted Sharia as its law, run by and for Islam, and they complain that the Brits didn’t share intelligence. That would be like Britain sharing intelligence about radar with the Nazi’s in 1940 when the Nazi’s were bombing the hell out of their cities and radar was a new invention that helped the Brits early warning of the planes so their fighters could intercept them.

  4. Walter Sieruk says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 11:57 am

    The heinous wicked Islamic terrorist bombing in the city of Manchester, England is based on the “holy book” of Islam the Quran . As such brutal, vicious deadly violence is sanction and taught in the Quran. As found in, for example, Sura 5:33. 9:5, 111,123. 47:4. There are some naive Westerners who might be shocked to find this out and the wonder and then ask “Just who can those jihad –minded Muslim being so very religious ,also be so extremely heartless ,unfeeling, brutal and murderous to kill as to murder all those girls coming out of that concert in Manchester ?” The answer that question is found in the Bible. For the Bible reveals there are some men who are so very cold, callous and dangerous because they have had “their conscience seared with a hot iron” First Timothy 4:2. [K.J.V.] The “hot iron” in this case is Islam.

  5. Walter Sieruk says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 11:58 am

    That hideous and evil Islamic terrorist bombing in the city in Manchester was totally evil. This not as some claim a result of a “hijacked Islam” but actual violent Quran based jihad Islam. This Muslim suicide /homicide bombing is on the Quran as ,for example , in Sura 9:111 it teaches “The believers fight in Allah’s cause they slay and are slain, they kill and are killed…” Furthermore, in Sura 47:4. it also instructs “Whenever you encounter the unbelievers strike off their heads until you make a great slaughter among them…” Let’s face it , setting off a bomb murdering young are who are not Muslims is a very effective way to “make greater slaughter among them.” In conclusion, the religion of Islam is actually a death cult.

  6. Walter Sieruk says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 11:58 am

    That murderous jihad terror attack at the concert at Manchester totally cruel and despicable. This heinous Islamic of mass murder is so extremely evil , so evil , in fact, this is mass murdering of young people ,most of them girls also has a strong vicious element of misogyny to it. Misogyny, as most informed people do understand, is very much part of the essence of Islam. Along with the brutal deadly violence of this religion. This Muslim /terrorist bombing is not as some claim as result of a warped version of Islam but hard core non-watered down Quran based Islam. For example, the Quran instructs in Sura 9:123 “O you who believe ! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you…” It’s thus very easy for a jihad minded Muslim show harshness to young girls who are not Muslims by exploding and bomb .This sure can be harsh This wicked action was the outcome of the deadly cruel religion which is Islam.

  7. Walter Sieruk says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 11:59 am

    That brutal and heinous jihadist /Muslim in the city of Manchester, England who murderous so many young girls coming out of the concert as completely demonic and murderous in his deluded and wicked Islamic quest of the jihad This his vicious suicide /homicide jihad bombing attack against those young people was actually behaving in accord to the instruction of the “holy book “ of Islam, the Quran. Which instructs in for example Sura 9:111. “The believer’s fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain they kill and are killed.” After that murderous jihadist died he had discovered, to his shock and horror, the promise of a paradise with many houris , as the Quran teaches 44:54. 55:56. 78:31., for the dead jihadist was an outright lie and a total falsehood . For that Muslim terrorist found this out the hard way because after he dies he found himself trapped and suffering in the fires of hell .Such as the Bible describes in for example, Luke 13:28. 16:19-31.The Bible also teaches that a murderer “shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:21.[K.J.V.] Furthermore, in the Bible book of Revelation in 21:8 it gives a list of the people who will end up terribly suffering without end . As in forever in that awful place , and one of those persons in that Lake of Fire are people on that list who are murderers. In short, that murderous jihadist is the real loser and he now understand that he was wrong. Very wrong and that he had committed the evil of mass murder because he place his faith in a false religion.

  8. Cretius says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 11:59 am

    Bottom line. On matters of state security, sharing intelligence with Muslim states is, at best, risky. It is difficult to trust those that believe “war is deceit” and to lie to advance the goals of Islam is noble.

    Selling arms to ultra-conservative Muslims like the Saudis is not sound policy in the long run as they fund Wahhabism that calls for the domination of the world by totalitarian Islam.

  9. Walter Sieruk says

    Jun 14, 2017 at 12:01 pm

    That murderous jihad bombing attack in Manchester ,England further exposes the violent and deadly nature of Islam. Many times the jihadist members of different Islamic terror entities, as those of ISIS, have gathered together and chanted the words “We love death, they love life.” Likewise those jihadist/Muslims don’t stop with those awful words; they carry through with jihad suicide/homicide attacks. Any sane person would ask “Why do those jihad –minded Muslims have such a mindset of murderous madness?” The answer is that they obtain the way of thinking and believing from the “holy book” of Islam, the Koran. As some people call it the Qu ‘ran. For example the Koran in Sura 9:111 instructs “The believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain, they kill and are killed.” Therefore it may be conclude that Islam is actually a death cult. In great and wonderful contrast to the death cult which is Islam there is Christianity which is centered on Jesus and His teachings. For Jesus did not teach killing and death but taught and gave life, a good peaceful well lived life and more. For example Jesus declared “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:10. [K.J.V.]

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