Not only noble goals implemented under guise of fighting for nature protection

Oct. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- The international community continues to discuss the situation around the attempt of 30 Greenpeace activists from the Arctic Sunrise ship, flying the Dutch flag, to board Russia’s Prirazlomnaya oil rig in the Barents Sea, in order to stage a protest against Arctic drilling; as well as the ensuing series of diplomatic spats between the Russian Federation and the Netherlands.

In light of recent events, news agency “PenzaNews” publishes an article of well-known Russian researcher of history of the Baltic States, author of numerous scientific publications and several books Dr. Mikhail Krysin entitled “Greenpeace: Knights of the Nature or Gentlemen of Fortune?”

Not long before the deterioration of relations with Russia, the Netherlands and its EU partners accused Russian authorities of the oppression of sexual minorities because of the failure to adopt a law legitimizing same-sex marriages. And a few months earlier, Russia adopted an anti-smoking law; the most ridiculous thing is that in its support Russian Ministry of Health quoted the same law of Holland – the country with a long history of legalized drugs, where homosexuality is the norm, not the crime.

In this regard, it will be interesting to review some dark pages of the history of international environmental organizations such as Greenpeace and its parent organization – a well-known World Wildlife Fund (WWF) with a nice logo, depicting panda.

When in September 1982 the French government was planning to hold the first of six scheduled nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific atoll of Mururoa, environmentalists organized a series of large-scale protests. In particular, Greenpeace activists held a series of protests in the immediate vicinity of the test site. Moreover, some of the activists managed to penetrate even the highly militarized nuclear test zone, although the French guards thought it was quite impossible.

“They are people used to operations which have nothing to do with ecology,” said the French Security Services commander on the scene.

This was not just an attempt to justify their failure. The security chief was an experienced Special Forces operative. However, the two leaders of the Greenpeace crew, as it turned out later, were not amateurs, but highly trained retired officers of British Special Air Service (SAS). Even then, these actions of Greenpeace have been called terrorism.

Greenpeace is a branch of the WWF founded by representatives of a number of influential aristocratic families from Europe and the Middle East. However, few people know that under the guise of nature protection its founders used and continue to use this fund for implementing other goals, which are much less noble. In some well-informed circles, the WWF is known as “the royal family’s most important private intelligence agency.”

The founder and president of the WWF is the Prince Philip Mountbatten who had recently celebrated his 90th birthday (born 1921) and is the husband of the now reigning British Queen Elizabeth II. The WWF co-founders are no less interesting people, they are, for example, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, the husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, (1911–2004); Aga Khan IV, the current Imam of the Ismaili sect of Muslims (born 1936); his uncle Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933–2003), closely related to both the British royal family, and the British intelligence services; Pakistani banker Agha Hasan Abedi (1922–1995), founder of the infamous Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) famous for its secret machinations and links with drug cartels.

When Prince Philip proposed the idea of the WWF creation in 1961, its co-founders and generous donors have also become Aga Khan IV, imam of the Ismaili sect, associated with the British intelligence services since the 18th century, and his uncle Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. The spiritual patrimony of the Aga Khan IV – the Nizari Imamate in South Asia, which influence extends to the Ismaili community in Punjab, Kashmir, Chinese Xinjiang, Afghanistan and Tajikistan – is all that now remains of the Ismaili sect. However, it still has big financial and material resources, strict organization, well-functioning propaganda apparatus and extensive international connections. Aga Khan IV continues to keep close ties with the British royal family. When he became the Imam of the Ismailis in 1957, Queen Elizabeth II even granted him the title of “His Highness.” Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, the uncle of the 49th Ismaili Imam Aga Khan IV, had also for a long time been a key figure in the World Wildlife Fund under the patronage of Prince Philip. Sadruddin once received an excellent education at Harvard University. His career began in 1950 when he became publisher of the Paris Review magazine promoting the idea of the “Children of the Sun” which foreran the youth subculture of 1960–80s under the slogan “Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll.” The Chief Editor of the magazine was the future American banker John Train (born 1928), who behind the scenes also continued to take part in various secret operations, including in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Prince Sadruddin made his way as the UN official. In the mid-1950s he became civil servant at the UN, and by 1962, due to his origin, became the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees. In 1967–1977 he held the position of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and in the 1980s, as well as his nephew, at one time was the Coordinator for United Nations Humanitarian and Economic Assistance in Afghanistan.

Headed by Aga Khan IV, the Agha Khan Foundation with the headquarters in London allocates funds for the WWF from the moment of its creation – and not only and not so much for the protection of nature, but for executing covert operations abroad under its shield. However, this activity is usually hidden from the public eye and does not harm Aga Khan’s reputation in international circles. Since the 1980s and up to the present Aga Khan IV has been the coordinator of various UN humanitarian programs.

Due to his work at London Agha Khan Foundation and Geneva Bellerive Foundation affiliated with it, Sadruddin earned a reputation of an environmentalist. He also brought his former classmate John Train there, who became the WWF activist in Africa. John Train’s cousin – Russell Train – became the WWF president in the United States and held this position since the Fund’s creation until his retirement in 1995. However, in British intelligence circles Prince Sadruddin was considered a specialist in conducting covert operations under the guise of humanitarian and nature protection actions.

Full text news agency "PenzaNews": http://penzanews.ru/en/opinion/54491-2013