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nce agency there was no mention of harati s ties to u s intelligence however in mary fitzgerald s august 2011 piece for the democracy promoting foreign policy magazine in the syrian rebels libyan weapon the jihadists leading publicist in irish media wrote the tripoli brigade was one of the first rebel units into the libyan capital in august 2011 its fighters who included many libyan expatriates had received training from qatari special forces in nalut a town in libya s western mountains after the fall of tripoli during which he participated in the battle for muammar al qaddafi s bab al aziziya compound harati was appointed deputy head of the tripoli military council tmc serving under abdel hakim belhaj former leader of the now defunct libyan islamic fighting group last autumn harati stepped down as commander of the brigade and as tmc deputy he made his first trip to syria shortly afterward for what he says was initially humanitarian work in the country s northern borderlands the fact that libyan born irish jihadis were trained by qatari special forces is far from the only link that connects doha to dublin as fitzgerald observes in her irish independent piece ibrahim halawa at one point shared a cell with al jazeera journalist peter greste and just before his arrest halawa s sisters were interviewed by the qatari owned tv channel infamous for its cheerleading for the so called arab spring moreover as fitzgerald delicately puts it ibrahim s case is perhaps complicated by the fact his father is the secretary of the european council for fatwa and research ecfr a group of scholars that issues religious opinions on practical matters specific to muslims in europe it is an offshoot of the brussels based federation of islamic organisations in europe fioe an umbrella group of various branches and affiliates of the muslim brotherhood in europe perhaps indeed in 2011 sheikh hussein halawa hosted the controversial ecfr head the qatar based sheikh yusuf al qaradawi who is also from egypt and a close friend for a five day conference in one of the muslim brotherhood s main european centres at the islamic cultural centre of ireland in clonskeagh dublin in that same heady year qaradawi used his al jazeera platform to issue fatwas against gaddafi in libya and assad in syria following the 2013 ouster of the muslim brotherhood government he also issued a call for jihad in egypt although he is banned from the u s and the u k for his extremist views the brotherhood s influential spiritual leader perhaps not surprisingly expressed his support for the nato imposed no fly zone over libya transit hub for gentle jihadis in january the sunday independent reported that ireland is now being used as a transit hub for jihadis heading for iraq and syria a small number of irish based muslim extremists have been playing a key role in providing logistical and financial support to international terror groups especially islamic state is the well known irish crime reporter paul williams revealed the central group consisting of about 12 radicals are suspected of harbouring jihadi fighters from britain and mainland europe and supplying them with fake documentation including false passports on the face of it the irish government seems duly concerned about the growing islamist threat and appears to be taking steps to counter it in the past year a counter terrorism international cti unit has been established in the garda crime and security section to specifically target the islamic terror support groups here while justice minister frances fitzgerald told a parliamentary committee that the gardaí were aware that about 30 suspected jihadis had travelled from ireland to take part in various conflicts since the start of the arab spring one suspects however that minister fitzgerald s globetrotting namesake in the irish media has yet to be questioned by the state s brand new counter terrorism unit about her work as advocate for the gentle irish freedom fighters in the muslim brotherhood s jihad against secular arab regimes maidhc ó cathail is a widely published writer and political analyst written by maidhc ó cathail july 30 2015 at 7 24 pm posted in uncategorized an open letter to the editor of the irish times holding mary fitzgerald to account for her promotion of jihadists leave a comment sir as a writer who shares former irish times foreign correspondent mary fitzgerald s fascination with t he story of libya s uprising and the arab spring more generally it was with great interest i read the interview she gave the irish independent in november 2011 entitled listening to libya s stories of freedom she then waxed lyrical about her first hand experiences in the north african country that has subsequently imploded into chaos and violence from which nobody is safe the story of libya s uprising is hard to beat especially for those of us who were there right from the beginning i arrived in libya ten days after the first protests began on february 15 several friends who covered the fall of the berlin wall and all that followed in 1989 say libya or the arab spring more generally is the only story that has grabbed them in the same way the libyan uprising was a genuine people s revolution involving libyans from all walks of life young old male female rich and poor and their strength and courage in the face of gaddafi s brutality was hugely inspiring and very moving speaking of brutality last week three of our fellow irish citizens were murdered on a beach in neighbouring tunisia by a gunman believed to have been trained in the now lawless libya presumably by some of those same strong and courageous revolutionaries lauded by fitzgerald at the end of that 2011 interview she was asked for her advice to aspiring journalists she said that they should remember that the basic foundations of our craft remain bearing witness holding people to account and listening never stop listening i couldn t agree more but in light of our country having now become a major exporter of islamic jihad does she think that she should also be held to account for having promoted a most favourable image of the likes of mahdi al harati and other irish based jihadists as they slaughtered their way through libya and syria does she feel that she has borne sufficient witness to the suffering of their many victims and would she say that she has never stopped listening to libyans and syrians such as mother agnes and others like her who don t share the sectarian vision for their countries held by the jihadists in a piece published june 30 entitled the tunisia massacre and the irish isis connection i cited some of fitzgerald s promotional work for these gentle jihadists if she can spare the time from her hectic globe trotting i d love to know what she thinks of it when i told a friend of mine who used to work for u s intelligence about her fascinating career path he suggested that she might even be an noc officer does she or her former employer the irish times have any comment to make regarding widespread suspicions that she is associated with an intelligence agency yours etc maidhc ó cathail cloughjordan co tipperary o87 4463742 written by maidhc ó cathail july 3 2015 at 9 00 am posted in uncategorized the tunisia massacre and the irish isis connection with 8 comments maidhc ó cathail the passionate attachment june 30 2015 the murder of three irish citizens at a tourist resort in north africa has brought islamic terrorism much closer to home cormac o keeffe observes in the irish examiner until now we have looked on in shock and revulsion at terror attacks targeting other europeans either across the middle east and north africa or on european soil however with the slaughter on the beaches of tunisia of lorna carty and laurence and martina hayes this is a landmark moment for this country the report continues martina s brother billy kelly told the media we feel bitter irish people have nothing to do with these terrorists the people who did this are evil rats ireland has now been dragged into a terrible reality one that much of europe spain britain and france among them has had to live with for more than a decade o keeffe adds although the irish examiner reporter appears to be merely stating the obvious ireland had been close to islamic terrorism long before the tunisia massacre and contrary to the bereaved mr kelly s sincere belief that the irish have nothing to do with these evil rats some irish people have had quite a lot to do with these terrorists a cnn study published in september 2014 revealed that ireland is second only to finland among countries with the greatest percentage of muslims who have gone to fight in syria with 0 07 percent of its 43 000 muslim population having joined the global jihad against assad there are four times as many irish muslims as british muslims fighting in syria proportionately speaking while most irish are blissfully unaware of these disturbing facts one irish activist who is a keen observer of western backed terrorism against libya and syria has tried to raise awareness of ireland s role in global jihadism in a facebook post connects the dots absent from mainstream coverage the following image provides information regarding an irish citizen s connection to an alleged leader of isis in north africa and a terror funder in syria however it is unlikely that the irish media will want to mention this fact as they promoted this guy as a freedom fighter while he was serving the nato agenda in destroying libya and syria but the chickens are coming home to roost moreover not only did this irish citizen mahdi al harati serve the nato agenda in libya and syria an irish tabloid in 2011 had outed the gentle irishman as an asset of american intelligence according to a you couldn t make this up sunday world report a gang of irish traveller thieves are in the middle of a holy war after liberating 200 000 cash destined for libyan rebels in a tale worthy of the john le carre thriller tinker tailor soldier spy the scam artists from rathkeale in co limerick hit the jackpot when they robbed a home in dublin s firhouse as well as a haul of family jewels they stumbled upon 200 000 in 500 bills hidden in the hot press but the homeowner was well known irish libyan freedom fighter mahdi al harati who was one of the leaders of the bloody revolt against gaddafi he has told cops that the cash was a gift from us secret agents to aid the war effort in libya now the money trail has led to the traveller strongholds in rathkeale where 500 notes have been popping up all over the place a gang of rogue irish travellers is in the frame for the bizarre robbery of 200 000 in cash donated by us spies to libyan freedom fighters in an astonishing tale worthy of the john le carre novel tinker tailor soldier spy the cash that was destined for rebels fighting colonel gaddafi s forces was stolen from a hot press in a dublin house gardai are now investigating the extraordinary robbery which is being blamed on a traveller gang from the limerick town of rathkeale an irish freedom fighter who helped bring down gaddafi s hated regime in libya has claimed that 200 000 cash stolen from his dublin home was given to him by an american intelligence agency the sunday world can reveal that gardai are investigating the robbery of two envelopes containing 200 000 in 500 notes from the home of mahdi al harati in firhouse south dublin and that the money trail is leading to the rathkealers al harati was in libya following the successful campaign that toppled gaddafi when the rebel s house was broken into on october 6 the incredible curriculum vitae of the soft spoken libyan born irish citizen doesn t end there either four days later indymedia ireland reported mahdi al harati has been well known in antiwar and palestine solidarity circles in dublin over the years he had been a passenger in the challenger 1 ship last year when it attempted to break the seige of gaza as part of the free gaza flotilla he was the last irish member of the flotilla to arrive home after the israeli raid and was given a hero s reception at dublin airport by members of the ipsc and the iawm irish anti war movement according to an indymedia comment from last year written by kev from the ipsc freda hughes of the ireland palestine solidarity campaign welcomed his safe return and saluted his bravery al mahdi like all of the freedom flotilla participants is deserving of our praise for his courage in attempting to break the illegal siege of gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged people there we are all relieved that he is safely back in ireland we hope that his family who we know were extremely worried about his health can rest easy now and celebrate his return the very conscientious activists of the ipsc would never knowingly endorse someone like mahdi al harati if they knew at the time what we now know about him a source who knows both freda and kev in hughes assured this writer nevertheless al harati s subsequent involvement in jihadism in libya and syria allows israel to now claim that it was justified in saying that some of those on board the free gaza flotilla had ties to terrorism networks they did not mention however that at least one of them was on the payroll of u s intelligence maidhc ó cathail is a widely published writer and political analyst he is also the creator and editor of the passionate attachment blog which focuses primarily on the us israeli relationship written by maidhc ó cathail june 30 2015 at 9 25 pm posted in uncategorized menace of hypocrisy neocon propagandist frets over russia s weaponization of information with 2 comments maidhc ó cathail rt op edge november 26 2014 there was a strong whiff of hypocrisy in the washington air on november 13 when the national endowment for democracy ned hosted a discussion of a report entitled the menace of unreality how the kremlin weaponizes information culture and money the menace of unreality is co authored by michael weiss editor in chief of the interpreter and peter pomerantsev author of a forthcoming book asserting that putin s russia is a post modern dictatorship introducing the discussion ned s christopher walker noted that the us congress funded endowment hadn t been involved in the production of the report but that it does have close ties to weiss s online journal and the new york based think tank that funds it the institute of modern russia imr in the course of their report s self righteous criticism of the widespread opaqueness about who funds think tanks weiss and pomerantsev disclose in an aside that their work is funded by a think tank that receives support from the family of mikhail khodorkovsky their critique of the weaponization of money however neglects to mention its funder s conviction for embezzlement and money laundering in washington weiss and pomerantsev were joined in the discussion of their counter disinformation report by an analyst from the foreign policy initiative a...