This updated edition of Secret Affairs covers the momentous events of the past year in the Middle East and at home in the UK. It reveals the unreported attempts by Britain to cultivate relations with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak, the military intervention on the side of Libyan rebel forces which include pro-al-Qaeda elements, and the ongoing reliance on the region's ultimate fundamentalist state, Saudi Arabia, to safeguard its interest in the Middle East. It illuminates path of Salman Abedi, the bomber who attacked Manchester in May 2017, and his terror network: how he fought in Libya in 2011 as part of a group of fighters which the UK allowed to leave the country to go and battle against Gadafi to topple him. In this ground-breaking book, Mark Curtis reveals the covert history of British collusion with radical Islamic and terrorist groups. Secret Affairs shows how governments since the 1940s have connived with militant forces to control oil resources and overthrow governments. The story of how Britain has helped nurture the rise of global terrorism has never been told.

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A freshly updated and revelatory investigation into Britain's secret collaboration with radical Islam

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Mark Curtis is an author, journalist and consultant: his previous books include Web of Deceit and Unpeople. He is a former Research Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and was until recently Director of the World Development Movement. He has worked in the field of international development for 14 years, including as Head of Global Advocacy and Policy at Christian Aid and Head of Policy at ActionAid.

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'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.