"Al-Qaeda 'training camps' in SA"
When
asked on Monday, by online publication, The Daily Maverick's
reporter, to comment about an allegation made, that The
Hawks had declined to comment on an earlier report, and,
that also the police and the State Security Agency (SSA) who had been
monitoring the training of al-Qaeda "terrorists" in South
Africa had done so without taking any action.
“Government
Warned To Stop Pussyfooting”
Captain
Paul Ramaloko The Hawks spokesperson
had remarked: "No comment. It's not our policy
to talk about works underway," The Daily Maverick further
reported that, neither the police's “crimes against the state”
unit, nor the SSA who had allegedly been monitoring activities at a
farm near a notorious apartheid police hit-squad camp Vlakplaas
outside Pretoria, and also at a secluded farm in the Cape province's
Klein Karoo, named Greylock. Investigations were reportedly
launched, called "Operation Kanu" in South Africa to
"investigate extremist Muslim activities" which
commenced shortly after the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks in the
United States.
Operation
Waco and The Boeremag Treason Trial...
These
investigations were crime intelligence driven, and had coincidentally
also started at about the same time as another controversial
investigation into far right-wing activities, called "Operation
Waco", which had ended in the marathon Boeremag treason
trial. US and British intelligence agencies had repeatedly pressured
the South African government into acting against possible Muslim
terrorist threats emanating from within it's own borders. They had
apparently also warned the South African government to stop
"pussyfooting" on the issue.
Just
Because No Bombs Are Exploding Doesn't Mean All Is Well.
They
had reportedly warned: "The fact that no bombs have gone off
to date in the country doesn't mean that the threat doesn't exist
within South Africa's borders,"
According
to The Daily Maverick report, there exists "at the center of
this alleged terrorist network several members of the well-known and
influential Dockrat family".
It
found also that the Dockrat family owns several fashion chains and
have further noted their preference of a particular mosque popular
among predominantly Pakistani and Malawian Muslims.
Researching
A Rare Protea
It
had reported that Farhad and Junaid Dockrat's names had been
forwarded to the United Nations' Security Council's Al-Qaeda and
Taliban sanctions committee, for designation, but that the S.A.
Government had put an indefinite hold on the designation process. The
Dockrats reportedly denied links to al-Qaeda or any other militant
groups. According to the online publication, three months after they
were put on a US "terrorist list" in 2007, the
Dockrats had moved their operations from Pretoria to the farm,
Greylock, in the Klein Karoo. Soon after their arrival there, they
were monitored by an intelligence team, pretending to be searching
for a rare Protea.
Tsitsikamma Golf Estate.
A court dispute over a communal water line
resulted in the Dockrats later buying a 70 percent share of the
developing Tsitsikamma Golf Estate. All Investments had however
reportedly ground to a halt, and the home owners' association was in
dispute with them, claiming that Tsitsikamma had been declared a
"possible terrorist hotspot" by the US and this was
seriously affecting tourism. In a comment to the Daily Maverick about
the Tsitsikamma matter, the company which owns the golf estate stated
that it welcomes all investigations and would fully co-operate with
the authorities: "We trust that the Daily Maverick is not
being driven by an Islamophobic attack generated by a commercial
venture of the Tsitsikamma Golf Estate, which has been placed under
care and maintenance arising from the current economic climate; a
fate suffered by numerous golf estates," the company was
reported to have said.
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