‘Cameron promoting forces behind Daesh’

As the British prime minister calls for a concerted action against the ISIL terrorist group, a London-based critic lashes out at the UK support for certain countries which are “paying for Daesh army”

“Daesh, ISIL is being pushed and promoted by very clear forces: Number one, the self-righteousness of Takfiri arrogance, [which] is a direct result of the promotion of Saudi Arabia as they are paying for Daesh army and Cameron is hand in glove with the most sickening corrupt barbaric medieval regime in the world  which is behind Daesh,”  Rodney Shakespeare told Press TV’s UK Desk on Monday.

“How dare Cameron talk about stopping plots against the ISIS when he himself is promoting the forces behind the ISIS,” Rodney Shakespeare noted.

Saudi Arabia, which openly supports Takfiri terrorist groups in Syria, has already been accused of sponsoring the ISIL terrorists.

At the same time, the United Kingdom has maintained close ties with the oil-rich monarchy despite its alleged support for Takfiri terrorists and poor human rights record.

The UK is seen as Saudi Arabia’s largest arms supplier, “responsible for 36% of all Saudi arms imports.”

According to a report by the Guardian, London has licensed nearly four billion pounds of arms sales to Riyadh and some 240 military staff and civil servants from the UK Ministry of Defense work both in UK and Saudi Arabia to support the contracts. The latest of military contracts includes delivery of 22 British Hawk jets which is worth £1.6 billion.

Countering ISIL threat

Earlier on Monday, in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of G 20 summit in Turkey, Cameron voiced London’s readiness to cooperate with Russia in the battle against ISIL terrorists.

"Here at the summit we have agreed to take further important step to cut off the financing that terrorists rely on, to counter the extremist ideology and the terrorists' propaganda and to better protect ourselves from the threat of foreign fighters by sharing intelligence and stopping them from traveling. Importantly for the first time ever we have also agreed to work to strengthen global aviation security together. Almost 80 percent of all air travel worldwide is undertaken by citizens from G20 countries. So it is in all our interest to take action to do all we can to keep it safe. We need robust and consistent standards of aviation security in every airport in the world," said the British prime minister.

‘Facing the music’

The concerns by the UK government come despite the fact that London has been supporting the militants operating in the Middle East. Observers believe the UK government only fears the return of battle-hardened militants to British territory.

There is increasing alarm in the UK about the hundreds of Britons being tempted to enter Iraq and Syria to join militant groups there. According to British police, at least 700 Britons have traveled to support or fight for the Takfiri terrorists in the two Arab countries.

The British premier has already said seven terror attacks have been foiled in the UK over the past six months.

"Our security and intelligence services have stopped something like seven attacks in the last six months,” he was quoted as saying on Monday by the British media.