Secret Affairs

'Unearthing this largely hidden history is a contribution of the highest significance' Noam Chomsky Ground-breaking and timely, Secret Affairs reveals the covert history of British collusion with radical Islamic and terrorist groups. Stretching back to the 1940s, it reveals unreported attempts by Britain to use militant forces to advance its ambitions in the Middle East - whether to control oil or overthrow governments. From conniving with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak, intervening on the side of Libyan rebels with links to al-Qaeda, or Britain's tainted partnership with Saudi Arabia, the region's ultimate fundamentalist state, Mark Curtis tells the troubling story of how Britain has helped nurture the rise of global terror. He investigates the path of Salman Abedi, the Manchester bomber, and how the UK had supported his terror network in its campaign to topple Gaddafi in Libya. Updated and revised, this new edition is critical reading to understand the history of violence and disastrous Western intervention in the Middle East.

'Unearthing this largely hidden history is a contribution of the highest significance' Noam Chomsky Ground-breaking and timely, Secret Affairs reveals the covert history of British collusion with radical Islamic and terrorist groups. Stretching back to the 1940s, it reveals unreported attempts by Britain to use militant forces to advance its ambitions in the Middle East - whether to control oil or overthrow governments. From conniving with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak, intervening on the side of Libyan rebels with links to al-Qaeda, or Britain's tainted partnership with Saudi Arabia, the region's ultimate fundamentalist state, Mark Curtis tells the troubling story of how Britain has helped nurture the rise of global terror. He investigates the path of Salman Abedi, the Manchester bomber, and how the UK had supported his terror network in its campaign to topple Gaddafi in Libya. Updated and revised, this new edition is critical reading to understand the history of violence and disastrous Western intervention in the Middle East.