Cambridge Sex Attacks: Whistleblower Speaks Out on Violence and Aggression of Rebel Libyans at Bassingbourn Barracks
By CambridgeNews
November 08, 2014
By Eleanor Dickinson
Shocking allegations of attacks, thefts and army-sanctioned booze runs to Tesco have emerged as the final drove of Libyans returned to their homeland yesterday.
A whistleblower has given a shocking account into alleged riots and violence which took place behind the razor-wire fence of Bassingbourn Barracks.
Following the army's failure to turn the 300 Libyan rebels into fully-trained soldiers, Prime Minister David Cameron has now announced that the expected 2,000 troops will not be training in the UK.
Giving his name only as "John", the military source said that every Thursday became known as "riot night" as the army allegedly took the troops by mini-bus to buy alcohol at the Tesco store in Royston.
He said: "They bought as much booze as they wanted and they came back on base.
"Every Thursday night we'd call it riot night. They would get really drunk, riot and there were a few incidents of stabbings and fights.
Speaking to Channel 4, he added: "I saw one guy stab another in the neck but luckily it was with a butter knife so it didn't penetrate.
"When they were drunk a few guys pinned another down and attempted to rape him...I know that they were arrested, and I think they were deported.
"The victim's cousin was also sent back because he retaliated and stabbed one of the perpetrators."
The News has confirmed with the Ministry of Defence that the solider were recruited from rebel militias who had worked as ground troops in the imperialist campaign to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.
The MoD confirmed that all the men were vetted in Libya before being flown to the UK, where they were to receive training to form a new national army for the war-torn country.
But, two weeks after five soldiers allegedly committed a string of sex attacks in Cambridge, the operation has now been scrapped and the final troops returned to Libya.
According to John, women who worked inside the barracks were terrified of the soldiers and were frequently subjected to insults.
He claims that one officer even didn't think there was such a thing as rape in the UK as women here have sex outside of marriage.
Last week three Libyans appeared in court and admitted two counts of sexual assault of two women in Cambridge.
Khaled El Azibi, 18, is charged with three sexual assaults and theft of a bicycle and did not enter a plea when he first appeared in court. Ibrahim Naji El Maarfi, 20, admitted two sexual assaults, indecent exposure and stealing a bike. Mohammed Abdalsalam, 27, admitted two sexual assaults, an offence of threatening behaviour towards a police officer and theft of a bike.
Two others, Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abogutila, 22, were charged with the rape of a man. Neither of the two entered a plea.
Yesterday, the soldiers' homeland became dogged by more chaos as Libya's Supreme Court ruled that the government, which has fled the capital for the eastern city of Tobruk, is not legitimate.
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| Bassingbourn base in the UK where imperialist-backed Libyan rebels were expelled for sexual crimes. |
November 08, 2014
By Eleanor Dickinson
Shocking allegations of attacks, thefts and army-sanctioned booze runs to Tesco have emerged as the final drove of Libyans returned to their homeland yesterday.
A whistleblower has given a shocking account into alleged riots and violence which took place behind the razor-wire fence of Bassingbourn Barracks.
Following the army's failure to turn the 300 Libyan rebels into fully-trained soldiers, Prime Minister David Cameron has now announced that the expected 2,000 troops will not be training in the UK.
Giving his name only as "John", the military source said that every Thursday became known as "riot night" as the army allegedly took the troops by mini-bus to buy alcohol at the Tesco store in Royston.
He said: "They bought as much booze as they wanted and they came back on base.
"Every Thursday night we'd call it riot night. They would get really drunk, riot and there were a few incidents of stabbings and fights.
Speaking to Channel 4, he added: "I saw one guy stab another in the neck but luckily it was with a butter knife so it didn't penetrate.
"When they were drunk a few guys pinned another down and attempted to rape him...I know that they were arrested, and I think they were deported.
"The victim's cousin was also sent back because he retaliated and stabbed one of the perpetrators."
The News has confirmed with the Ministry of Defence that the solider were recruited from rebel militias who had worked as ground troops in the imperialist campaign to overthrow Colonel Gaddafi in 2011.
The MoD confirmed that all the men were vetted in Libya before being flown to the UK, where they were to receive training to form a new national army for the war-torn country.
But, two weeks after five soldiers allegedly committed a string of sex attacks in Cambridge, the operation has now been scrapped and the final troops returned to Libya.
According to John, women who worked inside the barracks were terrified of the soldiers and were frequently subjected to insults.
He claims that one officer even didn't think there was such a thing as rape in the UK as women here have sex outside of marriage.
Last week three Libyans appeared in court and admitted two counts of sexual assault of two women in Cambridge.
Khaled El Azibi, 18, is charged with three sexual assaults and theft of a bicycle and did not enter a plea when he first appeared in court. Ibrahim Naji El Maarfi, 20, admitted two sexual assaults, indecent exposure and stealing a bike. Mohammed Abdalsalam, 27, admitted two sexual assaults, an offence of threatening behaviour towards a police officer and theft of a bike.
Two others, Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abogutila, 22, were charged with the rape of a man. Neither of the two entered a plea.
Yesterday, the soldiers' homeland became dogged by more chaos as Libya's Supreme Court ruled that the government, which has fled the capital for the eastern city of Tobruk, is not legitimate.
Read more: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge-Sex-Attacks-Whistleblower-speaks/story-24459487-detail/story.html#ixzz3IYx0WjGR
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