(This is an edited extract from this essay)

Mr. Moazzam Begg, the cause celebre of the so-called ‘British Muslim’ community because of his cruel and inhumane detention at the hands of the United States government in Guantanamo Bay is also one of the founders and directors Cage International, a human rights advocacy organisation. In an interview with Dilly Hussain, an editor of the British Muslim website, 5 Pillars on its official podcast “Blood Brothers”, Begg shared his thoughts about the regime change war on Syria in the 2010s and in doing so, he opined on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) regime change war in Libya in 2011. Begg himself establishes there is a link between the western backed Libyan and Syrian regime change wars. As he says:

“Interestingly many of the people who had started the revolution in Libya and taken part in it militarily had some experience actually went on to set up and support some of the first resistance movements in Syria. So these very Libyans had gone from Libya and joined and fought…with this Free Syrian Army.”

Anyone paying attention to the 2010s regime change wars should immediately note there is nothing interesting or remarkable about this. To express it bluntly, it was simply a case of NATO moving its unofficial foot soldiers or Muslim mercenaries from one arena of conflict to another to implement pro-western regime change. Continue reading →