The massive Western police state, that is seemingly expanding at an exponential rate, is there to protect us — or so we are told. However, all the spying, phone call intercepts, spied on emails, facial scanners, CCTV cameras, and loss of freedoms did not stop Salman Abedi from murdering innocent people by detonating a bomb inside the Manchester Arena. What's more, as we are now finding out,
British intelligence was warned ahead of time that Abedi was plotting a terror attack in the UK — and they did absolutely nothing to stop it.Several months before this terrorist blew himself up at the Ariana Grande concert, FBI agents are said to have to have
informed British officials that the 22-year-old was part of a North African Islamic State cell based in the north west of England that was plotting an attack in the UK, according to a report in the
Daily Mail.
The United States placed Abedi on a terror watchlist in 2016 after he came to the attention of intelligence agencies investigating terrorist groups operating out of Libya.
"In early 2017 the FBI told MI5 that Abedi belonged to a North African terror gang based in Manchester, which was looking for a political target in this country," a security source told
The Mail.
Comment: If true, several questions need to be answered: Who in MI5 received this information, on the UK side? Did these individuals let anyone else know, or sit on the information? Where did the chain of information-sharing break down? Whoever is responsible should be investigated and brought to justice, but that will never happen.
This may also account for how U.S. sources knew so quickly the identity of the attacker. Either they too were as complicit as MI5, or some agents sincerely thought they were doing a solid for their UK counterparts. That may also explain why they leaked the information: out of disdain for MI5's lack of action.
Meanwhile, Manchester police - who most likely were caught off guard by the attack, thanks to MI5, and are attempting to investigate the case to the best of their ability - are appealing to the public for more information:
Police investigating the Manchester terrorist attack are looking for information on a suitcase the man was seen carrying in the days prior to the bombing.
CCTV footage released by Manchester police shows attacker Salman Abedi wheeling a blue suitcase through Manchester city center. Police say they are looking for information on Abedi's movements up to four days before the deadly attack.
Investigators say they now know Abedi was in the city as well as Wilmslow, an area south of the city center. They are asking the public to come forward with information.
"We continue to track the final movements of Salman Abedi and are particularly interested in his whereabouts between May 18-22," Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson said in a statement. "We believe Abedi was in possession of this case in the days before the attack at Manchester Arena on Monday May 22. I want to stress that this is a different item than the one he used in the attack."
"We have no reason to believe the case and its contents contain anything dangerous but we would ask people to be cautious."
Maybe they should be appealing to MI5 for their complicity in this attack.
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Comment: Good advice, but probably easier 'said' than done.