{"id":786502,"date":"2022-09-04T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1619369"},"modified":"2022-09-04T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T16:00:16","slug":"questions-remain-regarding-uk-police-and-intelligence-role-in-the-trafficking-of-three-isis-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/09\/04\/questions-remain-regarding-uk-police-and-intelligence-role-in-the-trafficking-of-three-isis-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions remain regarding UK police and intelligence role in the trafficking of three \u2018Isis girls\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In February 2015, three girls – Shamima Begum (15), Kadiza Sultana (16), and Amira Abase (15) – from South London made their way<\/a> via Turkey to ISIS-controlled Syria. A story that emerged in March of that year was how the three were smuggled into Syria by a man who claimed<\/a> he worked for the Canadian Security intelligence Service (CSIS). Moreover, there were claims that UK intelligence were aware of this dimension.<\/p>\n

Now, with the publication of a book that examines some of those claims, there is revived interest.<\/p>\n

There are still many unanswered questions – in particular about the alleged cover-up by UK police regarding the part played by the CSIS in human trafficking.<\/p>\n

The original revelations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Canadian intelligence angle received significantly less media coverage than other aspects of the story. There were, however, a few exceptions. <\/span><\/p>\n

On 13 March 2015, an article<\/a> by the Guardian<\/em> referred to a Syrian man – but not by name – who helped the girls. It noted that he worked for Canadian intelligence.<\/p>\n

Two days later the pro-Turkish government<\/a> Daily Sabah<\/em> published<\/a> more details. This included the name of the man who conducted the trafficking operations as Mohammed al-Rashed.<\/p>\n

According to Canadian media outlet CBC,<\/em> Rashed was also known<\/a> as Dr Mehmet Resit. Rashed claimed<\/a> that<\/span> he<\/span> trafficked for ISIS in order that he could pass intelligence to Canada in exchange for Canadian citizenship.<\/p>\n

A <\/span>Reuters<\/em> article <\/span>quoted<\/a> a Canadian government source in Ottawa, who said Rashed did not hold Canadian citizenship and “was not employed by CSIS”. A<\/span>ccording to CBC,<\/em> a Turkish ‘intelligence report’ <\/span>claimed<\/a> there was evidence of texts Rashed had sent to officials working for Canadian intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Daily Sabah<\/em> further pointed out<\/a> that:<\/p>\n

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Michel Juneau-Katsuyo, a former agent for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), told Canada’s iPolitics that Rashed may be a “human source” for the agency, noting that they are not considered employees of the CSIS.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Rashed’s trafficking of the three girls was seemingly not a one-off. Daily Sabah<\/em> reported that:<\/p>\n

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based on information discovered on Rashed’s laptop computer, he helped 140 Britons travel to Syria to join ISIS apart from the three girls.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Daily Sabah<\/em> article included a video, filmed by the Turkish TV channel HBR<\/em> (A Haber), <\/em>of Rashed being arrested by Turkish authorities. There was also a video, covertly recorded by Rashed with the three girls at Gaziantep, of him helping them with their luggage and referring to the Syrian passports he would give them:<\/p>\n