Version 8.1: Tue, May 6, 2025
The links here will eventually be merged with out previous efforts in a pdf document hopefully:
King’s College London
People associated with King’s College London, who have clearly western globalist positions and views.
Karim Haggag
SIPRI’s ongoing decay from peace to mainstream military security – its new director: Naturally, nobody cares about that fraud in today’s Sweden https://thetransnational.substack.com/p/sipris-ongoing-decay-from-peace-to By Jan Oberg - Transnational Foundation, April 16, 2025 - Archive https://archive.ph/J0hyF
To continue the decay and get even further away from anything called peace, SIPRI has just appointed a new director. His name is Karim Haggag, and you can read about this Egyptian career diplomat and his role at the The American University in Cairo here – a servant, one can safely assume, of US military interests with close relations to hawkish people like Madeleine Albright and Sandy Berger of the Albright Stonebridge Group – that, by the way, goes unmentioned in SIPRI’s official announcement about him here.
In case you want to know more about Madeleine Albright, she served as Bill Clinton’s Secretary of State, masterminded the fake negotiation at Rambouillet about Kosovo with the NATO bombings that followed and thought, as she stated it, it was acceptable to kill half a million Iraqi women and children by the US economic sanctions.
Haggag holds only a master’s degree in War Studies from King’s College, London, and has served as a career diplomat most of his life, in Washington. Here is his official CV at the American University Cairo - https://archive.ph/Gq5EB – which indicates two selected publications ten years ago and his academic interests in “security.” Nothing indicates any knowledge, experience or interest in the academic discipline of peace and conflict research.
In short, surely the right mainstream man for the former peace research institute SIPRI, in the year 2025.
Emmanuel (Manos) Karagiannis
Emmanuel Karagiannis, Reader in International Security, King’s College London https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/karagiannis-dr-emmanuel
Frequently asked by Greek media to comment on international affairs. He has a consistent pro-western stance lacking critical spirit. It seems the concept of ‘western imperialism’ has passed him by. One popular radio personality here introduced him recently with something along the line: “the British establishment trust him to teach their students”. Of course they do.
Karagiannis holds two PhDs, the first in Theology and Religious Studies and the second in post-Soviet Politics. Here is an excerpt of a recent interview of retired Greek diplomat Vasilios Bornovas about Ukraine (Google translation):
I must point out here that Autocephaly led to conflicts within the flock, to the violent seizure of church property by the Ukrainian police, to the expulsion of priests and archpriests, and to the emergence of a new Church that was apparently created to serve multiple roles:
The efforts to promote and consolidate this new Church were largely supported by USAID through the organization of numerous events, rental of advertising banners, and radio and television time.
This the kind of issue Karagiannis avoids. Here is another example involving Zionism and foreign policy. Foreign policy justified in terms of a sacred text?
Netanyahu Shows Map of ‘New Middle East’—Without Palestine—to UN General Assembly - Source: commondreams.org
To be fair to Karagiannis, Greek journalists are not well educated or informed so their questioning reflects that, but then it is his responsibility to take the lead and show the extent of the issues involved.
Information Warfare, Disinformation, Propaganda
Gaza
‘National Scandal’: The BBC’s Gaza Cover-up - Britain’s ‘public service broadcaster’ is keeping the public in the dark about UK support for Israel’s assault on Gaza, new research finds https://www.declassifieduk.org/national-scandal-the-bbcs-gaza-cover-up/ by Mark Curtis - Jan 15, 2025 - Declassified UK - Archive https://archive.ph/77zr9
There are no headlines about the possible use of UK arms by Israel in Gaza, or any directly reflecting the repeated calls by groups such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, to halt all UK arms exports and military assistance to Israel.
The prominent legal action against the government for arming Israel brought by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), the Global Legal Action Network and Al-Haq, has been ignored by the BBC. Declassified could find no BBC written coverage of this at all.
Israel-Palestine war: Legal centre seeks to prosecute UK for Israeli ‘war crimes’ complicity - International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, co-chaired by Conservative MP, says Britain aiding path to war crimes in Gaza https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-legal-centre-prosecute-uk-complicity-war-crimes - 14 Oct 2023 - Archive https://archive.ph/BW3Rz
USAID funding of BBC Media Action
We have here a case of the ‘special relationship’ between UK and USA. Funding from US, propaganda from BBC which then gets off as charity.
Official BBC Media Action statement https://www.bbc.com/mediaaction/press-release/4-feb-25 - 4 Feb 2025:
Like many international development organisations, BBC Media Action has been affected by the temporary pause in US government funding, which amounts to about 8% of our income in 2023-24. We’re doing everything we can to minimise the impact on our partners and the people we serve.
As the BBC’s international charity, we are completely separate from BBC News, and wholly reliant on our donors and supporters to carry out our work.
Why USAID’s funding of BBC is more than a red flag: USAID’s controversial funding of BBC Media Action highlights how the Western government-funded propaganda machinery works and exposes double standards in global broadcasting https://trtafrika.com/insight/why-usaids-funding-of-bbc-is-more-than-a-red-flag-18267007 By Mazhun Idris - 20 Feb 2025 - Archive https://archive.ph/CBj6W
Spinning public opinion is effectively done through cherry-picking facts, as by selective shaping of narratives, stripping contexts, framing debates, stoking outrage, manufacturing sentiment, silencing or censoring.
In the modern era of media weaponisation, misinformation doesn’t have to be about outright lies that malign.
Disinformation is as powerful a tool as biased emphasis or orchestrated repetition of selective facts or viewpoints.
As experts on international development point out, initiatives under the terms of aid or charity have long been used to obscure covert intelligence projects, all of which are aimed at manipulating targeted beneficiary communities towards predetermined objectives and conclusions.
Harassment of Journalists and Academics
John Pilger
The UK government covertly plotted to discredit John Pilger: The legendary foreign correspondent who has died at the age of 84 was monitored and targeted by a covert British propaganda unit, declassified files show https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-uk-government-covertly-plotted-to-discredit-john-pilger/ by John McEvoy - 8 January 2024
In 1975, the Foreign Office’s secret cold war propaganda unit, the Information Research Department (IRD), opened a file on Pilger. Though the IRD was shut down in 1977, Pilger’s file was transferred to its successor organisation, the Special Production Unit (SPU), and the Foreign Office continued to track his movements over the following years.
Richard Sakwa
British intel sought to silence West’s top Russia academic, leaks reveal https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/01/british-intel-top-russia-academic-leaks/ by Kit Klarenberg - The Grayzone - April 1, 2025 - Archive: https://archive.ph/CipLa
Leaked emails reviewed by The Grayzone reveal a high-level British intelligence plot to smear and silence British political scientists such as Richard Sakwa, who is widely regarded as one of the English-speaking world’s foremost authorities on Russia.
In a March 2022 email entitled “Russians in our Universities,” British military intelligence officer and former senior NATO advisor Chris Donnelly accused Sakwa of being a Russian “fellow traveller” who’d been “gradually breaking cover,” insisting the professor was “far too well-informed about Russian strategy to be called just ‘a useful idiot.’” Another email reveals Donnelly fantasizing about publicly exposing the Sakwa for being “funded by Russian entities” – a claim the professor strenuously denies.
Kit Klarenberg
British police detain journalist Kit Klarenberg, interrogate him about The Grayzone https://thegrayzone.com/2023/05/30/journalist-kit-klarenberg-british-police-interrogated-grayzone/ by Max Blumenthal - The Grayzone - May 30, 2023 - Archive: https://archive.ph/enEWd
UK police detain journalist Kit Klarenberg over ‘political views’: The Cradle contributor was questioned for five hours by counter-terrorism police over his journalistic work and political opinions https://thecradle.co/articles-id/267 - The Cradle - May 31, 2023 - Archive: https://archive.ph/CK7Rx
Countries of Operation
Jordan
Docs reveal how British intelligence controls Jordan’s media: UK contractors sought to create a covert newsroom to strategically flood Jordan’s mainstream and social media with a stream of self-serving propaganda https://thecradle.co/articles/docs-reveal-how-british-intelligence-controls-jordans-media by Kit Klarenberg - The Cradle - Jun 5, 2023
These papers show that under the aegis of countering ISIS propaganda, London sought to install operatives within Jordan’s Strategic Communications Unit (JSU) – a Jordanian entity “composed of representatives from a variety of different GoJ departments and institutions, which of course includes the RHC (royal court), but also the Ministry of Information, Jordanian Armed Forces, Ministry of Interior and the Public Security Directorate.”
These operatives would create a dedicated “covert newsroom” to publish a relentless flow of “unattributable” multimedia content extolling “patriotic national narratives” and anti-extremist messaging. This output would then be amplified, whether wittingly or unwittingly, by local and regional news outlets.
British intelligence cutout Albany Associates submitted a detailed pitch for the half a million pound project, which London was keen to complete by the end of the 2016/17 financial year.
Palestine
The UK’s secret control of Palestinian security forces: Leaks reveal that the increasingly violent and repressive Palestinian Authority security forces have been trained by British government-affiliated contractors with US money https://thecradle.co/articles/the-uks-secret-control-of-palestinian-security-forces by Kit Klarenberg - The Cradle - May 11, 2023 - Archive https://archive.ph/uYWih
Other leaked files demonstrate that the training and services provided by Adam Smith International to the PA Security Forces are distinctly British in character.
A self-professed “highlight” of this support has been the establishment of a “Palestinian Officers Academy” styled on Sandhurst military school, where the British Army’s elite class are trained. Adam Smith International boasts that it drafted the “business case” for the Academy, cleared “design and development plans” with the Security Forces and Interior Ministry, and secured “a multi-million-pound budget” for its launch and operation.
Students at the Academy receive a nine-month-long “practical leadership curriculum” with “over 1,700 lesson plans” in English and Arabic, overseen by 12 international and 30 Palestinian staffers. Adam Smith International also advised the PA’s military training director “on how to strengthen the design and delivery of training” across the Security Forces, advising on “course design, delivery methodology, organizational structure, as well various training-related operational matters, such as resourcing, course coordination and management of training infrastructure.”
Somaliland
Image source: The Cradle
Sights set on Somaliland: The threat of a total US–UK–Israeli takeover: As Tel Aviv and Washington quietly court Somaliland as a destination for Gaza’s displaced, this British-controlled enclave on the Red Sea emerges as both a strategic imperial launchpad and a potential open-air prison for Palestinians – armed, trained, and surveilled by London https://thecradle.co/articles/sights-set-on-somaliland-the-threat-of-a-total-us-uk-israeli-takeover by Kit Klarenberg - The Cradle - Apr 2, 2025 - Archive https://archive.ph/etNZM
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Somaliland (Somalia) Programme https://devtracker.fcdo.gov.uk/programme/GB-GOV-3-CSSF-03-000012/summary
Private Military Companies (PMC)
Aktis
Expert Fallacy – The Implosion of Aktis Strategy and the Unmitigated Risk of Corrupt Foreigners in Somaliland https://somalilandchronicle.com/2019/04/23/expert-fallacy-the-implosion-of-aktis-strategy-and-the-unmitigated-risk-of-corrupt-foreigners-in-somaliland/ - Apr 23, 2023 - Archive https://archive.ph/rkNwM
Albany Associates
Albany Associates https://www.albanyassociates.com/ - Official site
Involved both in Somaliland and Jordan.
Adam Smith International (ASI)
Adam Smith International (ASI) https://adamsmithinternational.com/
Involved both in Somaliland and Palestine.
Group 4 Securitas (G4S)
Outsourcing war: British mercenaries now run America’s front lines: G4S’s mercenaries are everywhere – from the halls of American power to the darkest corners of detention centers https://www.rt.com/news/616326-outsourcing-war-british-mercenaries/ - RT - Apr 25, 2025 - Archive https://archive.ph/L6u2V
The British-American private military company Group 4 Securitas (G4S) has evolved far beyond its original mission of providing security for Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. Today, it resembles a quasi-state, complete with its own armed forces, prison systems, and global reach. G4S secures US embassies around the world, guards airports, government agencies, and military installations for both Washington and London, and even monitors sections of the US border.
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Following the targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, Iranian investigators accused G4S of providing intel to the Pentagon regarding his location prior to the drone strike. At the time, G4S was contracted to protect Soleimani at Baghdad International Airport.
Additional Resources and Notes
Bornovas Interview - Part 2 https://hellasjournal.com/2025/02/o-presvis-e-t-vasileios-bornovas-presvis-tis-elladas-sto-kievo-apokleistika-ki-ef-olis-tis-ylis-sti-hellas-journal-stin-triti-epeteio-tou-polemou-stin-oukrania-v-meros/ - Archive https://archive.ph/FE4Go
Very important interview in which a seasoned diplomat criticizes aspects of Greek foreign policy, and his account what is going on in Ukraine goes against the MSM narrative.
LLM: From the River to the River https://metagora.blogspot.com/2024/12/llm-from-river-to-river.html - Our modest effort to shed some light on the issue.
Started: Tue, May 6, 2025
