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Former [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent and founder of [[Conflicts Forum]]. | Former [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] agent and founder of [[Conflicts Forum]]. | ||
| + | ::Born in Ireland in 1949, Crooke was brought up in Africa, mainly on a farm near Harare in what was then Rhodesia, where his father farmed tobacco. He was educated in Switzerland and at St Andrews University. <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article402174.ece Let’s talk: ex-MI6 man plans terror summit] | ||
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| + | Crooke has been described as an 'expert in "parallel diplomacy", the use of covert talks when normal channels have broken down', a field which is something of an [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]] specialty. <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/25/npal25.xml Palestine peacemaker comes home], by [[Michael Smith]], [[Telegraph]], 25 September 2003. </ref> His [[Conflicts Forum]] biography states that he has 'direct experience of conflict over a period of 30 years in Ireland, South Africa, Namibia, Afghanistan, Cambodia and Colombia.' <ref>[http://conflictsforum.org/who-we-are/alastair-crooke/ Conflicts Forum - Alistair Crooke], accessed 24 February 2008. </ref> | ||
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| + | ::His posting to Ireland in 1975 led to his first role as a British negotiator — with the IRA. Three years later he moved to South Africa where as “first secretary and press officer” he joined mediation with Swapo rebels in Namibia. | ||
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| + | ::It was during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, when he was stationed for three years in neighbouring Pakistan, that Crooke first met militant Islamists. The mid-1980s were a wild time on the Afghan frontier, with American money and weapons pouring in to support those fighting the Soviet army. <ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article402174.ece?token=null&offset=12 Let’s talk: ex-MI6 man plans terror summit] | ||
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*[[Conflicts Forum]] | *[[Conflicts Forum]] | ||
*[[Oxford Research Group]] | *[[Oxford Research Group]] | ||
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[[category:spooks|Crooke, Alistair]] | [[category:spooks|Crooke, Alistair]] | ||
Revision as of 23:13, 24 February 2008
Former MI6 agent and founder of Conflicts Forum.
- Born in Ireland in 1949, Crooke was brought up in Africa, mainly on a farm near Harare in what was then Rhodesia, where his father farmed tobacco. He was educated in Switzerland and at St Andrews University. Cite error: Closing
</ref>missing for<ref>tag His Conflicts Forum biography states that he has 'direct experience of conflict over a period of 30 years in Ireland, South Africa, Namibia, Afghanistan, Cambodia and Colombia.' [1]
- Born in Ireland in 1949, Crooke was brought up in Africa, mainly on a farm near Harare in what was then Rhodesia, where his father farmed tobacco. He was educated in Switzerland and at St Andrews University. Cite error: Closing
- His posting to Ireland in 1975 led to his first role as a British negotiator — with the IRA. Three years later he moved to South Africa where as “first secretary and press officer” he joined mediation with Swapo rebels in Namibia.
- It was during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, when he was stationed for three years in neighbouring Pakistan, that Crooke first met militant Islamists. The mid-1980s were a wild time on the Afghan frontier, with American money and weapons pouring in to support those fighting the Soviet army. <ref>Let’s talk: ex-MI6 man plans terror summit
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- ↑ Conflicts Forum - Alistair Crooke, accessed 24 February 2008.
