Evidence of British Special Forces Collaborating with 'Khamis Brigade'

In digging through the headquarters of the feared 32nd Brigade on the outskirts of Tripoli, Channel Four (UK) found a little more than they thought they were looking for. They were there to investigate the reported killing of at least 58 suspected rebels, found burned in a farm shed, allegedly by fleeing Brigade members (an apparent war crime). They stumbled across evidence of systemic mistreatment of African migrants and actual evidence of British Special Forces (SAS) collaboration with the Khamis Brigade.



The report shows two noteworthy scenes. First is a potential war crime in the making, when a dozen or so Nigerian migrants are paraded and abused in front of the cameras. The rebels tell the UK reporters that they were all found with guns and that they are going to be dealt with as mercenaries. But after hearing their stories and the deadly scared looks on their faces, the news team obviously thinks they are being lied to. They bravely say they are not leaving, as nothing will happen while they are there. Then, after a while, all of dangerous mercenaries are allowed to go free - saved from who knows what by the chance appearance of some British reporters.

The second interesting scene, which has so far gotten absolutely no media play, is evidence of a dozen official Libyan identification cards bearing the names, photo and information of UK Special Forces (SAS) soldiers, who evidently were collaborating with the unit (the Arabic translation on the ID cards literally said "collaborators of the 32nd Brigade."

As Wikipedia says, "The Khamis Brigade, formally the 32nd Reinforced Brigade of the Armed People, is a special forces brigade of the Libyan military loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the de-facto leader of Libya since 1969. Commanded by Gaddafi's youngest son, Khamis Gaddafi, the 32nd Brigade was called "the most well-trained and well-equipped force in the Libyan military" and "the most important military and security elements of the regime" in leaked U.S. memos."

A bit of research shows that the claim of SAS training has been made before - in 2009 by a unnamed SAS source, who suggested a possible link to the release of the 'Lockerbie bomber' Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.

Up until now however, no proof of the claim had ever been produced, as Britain never confirmed or denied. We also did not know exactly who was being trained. Now we know it was Libya's most elite forces, the 'Khamis Brigade,' ie. those now accused of the war crimes. You can add that to the list of embarrassing revelations for the very countries who now have implemented their regime change policy (Wikileaks documents have shown how keen a bipartisan group of US Senators including John McCain and Joe Liebeman were to sell weapons to the regime).