Evidence continues to mount that the British government and intelligence agencies had intimate and detailed knowledge of the terrorist connections of Salman Abedi, the Manchester suicide bomber.
Abedi detonated a shrapnel-laden bomb at Manchester Arena on May 22, killing 22 concert-goers, including eight children, and wounding 116.
On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Abedi was in contact with a Libyan Islamic State (IS) battalion, members of which were reportedly involved in planning the 2015 Bataclan nightclub attack in Paris.
Citing an anonymous retired European intelligence official, the Times reported that “Mr. Abedi met with operatives of the Katibat al-Battar al-Libi, a core Islamic State unit that was headquartered in Syria before some of its members dispersed to Libya.” Abedi met with Battar members in Libya, in both Tripoli and Sabratha.
UK security services knew of Manchester suicide bomber’s ISIS connections | World Socialist Web Site https://t.co/CKBl1vhkWE pic.twitter.com/RFc6D7E66Y
— World Socialist WS (@WSWS_Updates) 5 June 2017
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