(http://news.aol.co.uk/main-news/story/arms-exports-policy-was-misjudged/1710203/#) (Quite right too)_http://news.aol.co.uk/main-news/story/arms-exports-policy-was-misjudged/1710203/_(http://news.aol.co.uk/main-news/story/arms-exports-policy-was-misjudged/1710203/)Ministers have been accused by MPs of misjudging the risk of British armsexports to countries such as LibyaMinisters have been accused by MPs of misjudging the risk that Britisharms exports to countries such as Libya and Bahrain would be used to suppresstheir own people.The Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls disclosed that as recentlyas last year, UK firms were given licences to sell equipment ranging fromsmall arms and tear gas canisters to armoured personnel carriers tocountries in the region.While they welcomed the revocation of 156 export licences to Libya,Bahrain, Egypt and Tunisia since the recent uprising, they said the Governmentstill needed to reconcile its wish to promote arms sales with its duty touphold human rights.(http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/AOL-News-UK/130990453577804?ref=ts)In its report, the committee listed details of some of the most recentexport licences granted for sales to countries in North Africa and the MiddleEast.Last year alone, approval was given for the export to Libya of small armsammunition, crowd control ammunition, tear gas/irritant ammunition andtechnology for the use of infrared and thermal imaging equipment.For Bahrain, licences were issued covering sub-machine guns, sniperrifles, CS hand grenades, smoke canisters, stun grenades, and tear gas and riotcontrol agents.Body armour and night vision goggles have been approved for Yemen, smallarms ammunition for Syria, and sniper rifles, aircraft components andarmoured personnel carriers for Saudi Arabia.The report said that the Government's review on the issuing of licencesfor countries in the region should now be extended to cover all authoritarianregimes around the world."We conclude that both the present Government and its predecessormisjudged the risk that arms approved for export to certain countries in NorthAfrica and the Middle East might be used for internal repression," it said."We also recommend that the Government sets out how it intends toreconcile the potential conflict of interest between increased emphasis onpromoting arms exports with the staunch upholding of human rights."

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  • .....its all about the money.. not about freedom, equality or.. "democracy"...
  • Very, very interesting.  Curious to see how "they" will weave and spin themselves out of this one.....

     

    love, light & blessings

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