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The Atlantic Council piece then goes on to look at recent, damning evidence, publicised by Asia Times reporter Pepe Escobar’, proving that not only NATO's earlier claimed "flickers"® of Al-Qaeda in Libya are indeed raging fires, but that NATO was well aware of the terroristic nature of the rebels long before even the official start of the unrest in February 2011. The article goes into this evidence in depth and concludes by saying it is a “harum-scarum scenario of NATO a snookered by al-Qaida affiliates that ~~ can only please China". Atlantic — Council author de Borchgrave fails — — entirely to provide any additional yomous helicopter, insight into Escobar's report. re 2011. However, as we are about to see, if anything Escobar's statements are understated and NATO members have been intentionally nurturing Al-Qaeda in Libya for nearly 30 years. For nearly three decades, US and British intelligence agencies have supported terrorist organisations within Libya to wage war against Qaddafi's government. In a ewsweek article of 3 August 1981, titled "A Plan to Overthrow Kaddafi", it was stated: "The details of the plan were sketchy, but it seemed to be a classic CIA destabilization campaign. One elemen was a ‘disinformation’ program designed to embarrass addafi and his government. Another was the creation of a ‘counter government’ to challenge his claim to national leadership. A third—potentially the mos risky—was an escalating paramilitary campaign, probably by disaffected Libyan nationals, to blow up bridges, conduct small-scale guerrilla operations and demonstrate that Kaddafi was opposed by an indigenous political force.” Further evidence from around this period of time comes to us from the US Library of Congress, that the plan apparently went operational and the Centra Intelligence Agency (CIA) trained and supported Libyan terrorists just before they attempted to assassinate Qaddafi in 1984."° Then called the Libyan Nationa Salvation Front, or the National Front for the Salvation Northrup Grumman’s MQ-8 Fire Scout, an unmanned autonomous helicopter, made headlines when one was shot down over Libya on 21 June 20II. The above-mentioned Atlantic Council recently nurturing Al-Qaeda in Libya for nearly 30 years. penned an article titled "Global Con?", within which For nearly three decades, US and British intelligence senior globalist scribe Arnaud de Borchgrave assaults agencies have supported terrorist organisations within our sensibility by proposing the following question: | Libya to wage war against Qaddafi's government. In a "Were the United States, France, Britain, Belgium, Newsweek article of 3 August 1981, titled "A Plan to Denmark, Norway, Qatar and the United Arab Overthrow Kaddafi", it was stated: Emirates—the NATO-led coalition that set out to "The details of the plan were sketchy, but it seemed to overthrow Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime—snookered __ be a classic CIA destabilization campaign. One element by al-Qaida?"’ De Borchgrave concludes that it isa was a ‘disinformation’ program designed to embarrass preposterous scenario and indeed he is correct, though _—_Kaddafi and his government. Another was the creation not for the reasons he proposes. of a ‘counter government’ to challenge his claim to De Borchgrave begins by mentioning notorious national leadership. A third—potentially the most neoconservative James Woolsey, who in the 1990s was __ risky—was an escalating paramilitary campaign, the director of the CIA and was approached by Libya's probably by disaffected Libyan nationals, to blow up Moammar Qaddafi for assistance against terrorists — bridges, conduct small-scale guerrilla operations and emanating from Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. Of demonstrate that Kaddafi was opposed by an course, Benghazi is now the current epicentre of the __ indigenous political force.” NATO-backed rebellion. Ironically Woolsey, claimed by Further evidence from around this period of time de Borchgrave to be one of the leaders of a campaign comes to us from the US Library of Congress, that the "to expose a clandestine Islamist plot to bring Shariah plan apparently went operational and the Central aw to America", is also one of the chief proponents of Intelligence Agency (CIA) trained and supported Libyan NATO's handing over of Libya to these very "Islamist" terrorists just before they attempted to assassinate errorists today. Woolsey is one of the signatories of a Qaddafi in 1984.'"° Then called the Libyan National une 2011 "Open Letter to House Republicans", — Salvation Front, or the National Front for the Salvation imploring Congress to ignore anti- war sentiments amongst their constituents and to do "more to help he Libyan opposition" which, the etter insists, "deserves our support". The letter also advises Congress not o be "held hostage" by the UN Security Council resolution authorising the military intervention in the first place, undermining the "international rule of law" that the A Raytheon BGM-I09 Tomahawk cruise missile, employed during the opening US was supposedly enforcing. phases of NATO’s military intervention in Libya beginning in March 2011. 12 * NEXUS A Global Con Indeed OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 20I1 www.nexusmagazine.com