The ultimate betrayal?
October 01, 2012
Oh what a tangled
web they weave
When first they
practice to invade
A sovereign nation
and deceive
The world about
their dark crusade.
Michael Leunig, Poet, Cartoonist, 1945
This
weekend a detailed article (i) suggested that a: “French secret serviceman,
acting on the express orders of the then President Sarkozy, is suspected
of ”the murder of Colonel Qaddafi”, on 20th October last year.
Whilst
bearing in mind that the NATO-backed insurgents now in power, who have near
destroyed much of Libya, de-stabilized, terrorized and hope to carve up Libya’s
resources for their, rather than the country’s benefit, have every reason to
wish to disassociate themselves from the butchery of Colonel Qaddafi’s terrible
death, the new allegations illuminate interesting points.
The
French assassin, it is claimed, infiltrated the mob rabidly manhandling the
Colonel, and shot him in the head.
“The motive, according to well placed (Libyan) sources”, was to prevent any chance of interrogation into Sarkozy’s links with Colonel Qaddafi.
The
Mail previously revealed (ii) quoting a French governmental briefing note
published by an investigative website, that fifty million Euros has been:
“laundered though bank accounts in Panama and Switzerland … from Colonel Qaddafi,
to fund (Sarkozy’s 2007) election as President”, which if correct: “would have
broken political financing laws.” Sarkozy’s: “numerous visits to Libya” were
also cited.
Further
claims are that: “The Swiss account was opened in the name of the sister of
Jean-Francois Cope, the leader of Mr. Sarkozy’s ruling UMP party, and the President’s
right-hand-man.”
Qaddafi’s
son, Saif alIslam, whose life hangs in the balance and no doubt further so,
should he be subject to the Libyan “judicial system”, has stated unequivocally
regarding the Sarkozy campaign funding:
“We have all the details and are ready to reveal everything … We funded it.”
No
wonder Saif, also generous funder (£1.5 million) to his former place of,
advanced study, the prestigious London School of Economics ~ where he also
delivered the annual Ralph Miliband Lecture in May2010, named for the renowned
academic and father of the former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his
brother Ed, current Leader of the Labour Party ~ has been abandoned by the
Western powers who had formerly welcomed him ~ then conspired in another illegal
coup, this time in his country.
Sarkozy
of course, on becoming President, memorably welcomed Colonel Qaddafi on a State
Visit to Paris in December 2007, greeting him as “Brother Leader” and
hosting his famed Bedouin tent next to the Elysee Palace.
Tony
Blair, of course visited Qaddafi on many occasions, even flying in the
Colonel’s private plane, pushing mega business deals. He too is mute on the
horrors of the death and the fate of his children, grandchildren and country.
The
Mail also makes the points that: “The United Nations mandate which sanctioned
(the misnamed ‘no fly zone’) expressly stated that the Western allies could not
interfere in the internal politics of the country.”
“Instead the almost daily bombing runs ended with Qaddafi’s overthrow, while both French and British military ‘advisors’ were said to have assisted on the ground.”
“Now
Mahmoud Jibril, who served as interim Prime Minister following Gaddafi’s
overthrow, has told Egyptian TV:
‘It was a foreign agent
who mixed with the revolutionary
brigades
to kill Gaddafi.’ “
Another
Tripoli source, according to the paper, stated: “Sarkozy had every reason to
try to silence the Colonel and as quickly as possible”, with a further
“diplomatic source” also stressing Qaddafi’s threats to reveal the financial
details of the funding to the 2007 French Presidential elections donations.
*
An interesting point, if correct, is made by Rami El Obeidi, the : “former head of foreign relations for the Libyan Transitional Council (who) said he knew that Qaddafi had been tracked through his satellite telecommunications system as he talked to: “the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.” Which begs an elephantine question: are the two murderous Western backed rampages against Libya and Syria and their leaders connected?
How
much of alleged murky financial deals does Syria’s President also know?
Interestingly,
Ben Oman Shaaban (22) one of those who attacked Colonel Qaddaffi was badly
injured, seemingly by those loyal to the Colonel, in an attack in July. Flown
to Paris for treatment, he died in
hospital last week. Shabaan was said to have frequently brandished the
handgun said to have killed the Colonel. If true, he would have interesting
knowledge about the appalling events of the day.
Sarkozy
has consistently denied receiving money from the Libyan Leader and was not
available to give a comment to the Mail. Enquiries into “alleged financial
irregularities “, are ongoing.
Worthy
of mention is that in November 2007, just before Qaddafi’s Paris visit: “A US
State Department cable had warned that those ‘who dominate Libya’s political
and economic leadership are pursuing increasingly nationalistic policies in the
energy sector’ and that there was ‘growing evidence of Libyan resource nationalism.’
”
“The
cable cited a 2006 speech in which Qaddafi said: ‘Oil companies are controlled
by foreigners who have made millions from them. Now, Libyans must take their
place to profit from this money.’ ”
“Quaddafi’s
government had forced oil companies to give their local subsidiaries Libyan
names. Worse, ‘labor laws were amended to ‘Libyanize’ the economy’, that is,
turn it to the advantage of Libyans.” Goodness, shocking.
“Oil
firms ‘were pressed to hire Libyan managers, finance people and human resources
directors.’ ” (iii)
Perhaps
then it is no wonder all round, that on hearing of Colonel Qaddafi’s horrific
death, President Nobel Obama declared it was a: “momentous day.” (BBC, 20th
October 2011.) Madam Clinton followed with a raucous laugh and: “We came, we
saw, he died.”
There
is only one certainty, in the whole shaming “regime change” in Libya, there are
no clean hands.
And
where is Colonel Qaddafi’s body?
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