Elham Asaad Buaras
A BBC News investigation has revealed that members of an Islamophobic American biker gang are providing armed security at aid distribution sites in Gaza, raising grave humanitarian and ethical concerns. The report, published September 10, identifies ten confirmed members of the “Infidels Motorcycle Club” working under contract for the private security firm UG Solutions.
The Infidels, founded in 2006 by US veterans of the Iraq War, openly style themselves as “modern Crusaders.” Seven of the members in Gaza hold senior positions at sites operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
These are the same sites where hundreds of Palestinian civilians have been killed amid chaos and gunfire while seeking food. Their involvement, confirmed by investigative reporting, open-source information, and testimony from former contractors, points to a widespread recruitment of the gang’s members and leaders into armed security roles.
UG Solutions defended the hires, stating that all team members are vetted and qualified, and that personal affiliations are irrelevant to job performance. However, the gang’s ideology is overtly anti-Muslim. Its symbolism features Crusader crosses and the date 1095—marking the First Crusade—along with slogans referencing historical campaigns to expel Muslims from Jerusalem.
The Infidels’ social media includes Islamophobic content, such as hosting a pig roast “in defiance of” Ramadan and advocating violence against Muslims. This extremist rhetoric appears to extend to Gaza. Josh Miller, a security leader there, posted images of armed contractors holding banners with slogans like “Make Gaza Great Again” and merchandise referencing “Gaza Summer 25.” Mulford himself has tattoos of the Crusader cross and 1095.
Edward Ahmed Mitchell, Deputy Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), compared the arrangement to “placing the KKK in charge of humanitarian aid in Sudan,” warning that the gang’s presence “is bound to lead to violence, and that’s exactly what we’ve seen happen in Gaza.”
The aid sites have been scenes of frequent violence. According to the UN, by September 2, at least 1,135 people had been killed near GHF sites, with most deaths appearing to be caused by Israeli security forces. While UG Solutions denies its contractors fired on civilians, it has admitted to using warning shots to disperse crowds.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation stated it has a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination and that its operational success depends on building community trust. However, this investigation critically highlights the potential consequences of embedding security teams with extremist ideologies in a volatile humanitarian crisis, raising urgent questions about oversight and the safety of civilians.
Feature photo L-R: Bill Siebe, Richard Lofton, and Larry Jarrett, leaders of the Islamophobic “Infidels Motorcycle Club,” hired for senior security roles in Gaza. A BBC investigation links the U.S.-based gang, known for its Crusader imagery and anti-Muslim ideology, to the armed security at humanitarian sites plagued by violence and civilian deaths. (Credit: Facebook/CC)
