Mark Curtis, in his
Secret Affairs: Britain's collusion with radical Islam, has investigated how Britain worked with state sponsors of terrorism as well as radical Islamic groups in the post-World War II period in the energy-rich Middle East and Central Asia.
Curtis' book presents a devastating indictment of the criminality of successive governments in the post-war period, whose dirty wars, covert operations, attempted coups, collusion with the US "extraordinary renditions," kidnappings and torture, assassinations and "special operations" illustrate the bloody role of British imperialism.
Britain's collusion with Islamist fundamentalist forces, prepared to use atrocities to achieve their objectives, is in sharp contrast to the official line that Britain is conducting a "war on terror."
Curtis, a former research fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and former Director of the World Development Movement (now called Global Justice Now), has written other useful books, including
Web of Deceit and
Unpeople, which expose the lies put out by successive governments to cover for Britain's imperialist depredations. His own purpose is to explain the rise of "home grown terrorists" in Britain, in the context of the coordinated bombings on London transport on July 7, 2005 (7/7) that killed 52 people and injured more than 700; and British intelligence claims that they prevented 12 terrorist plots in Britain during the 2000s and knew of the existence of 2,000 terrorists organised in 200 networks.
Comment: The hub of world evil is found in the British Deep State