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Police officers: UK Government 'sold its soul' over Libya deals
Telegraph ^ | 14th Sep

Posted on 09/14/2009 10:21:01 AM PDT by freepersunite

Police officers have accused the Government of being willing "to sell its soul for trade deals" following the disclosure that Jack Straw agreed that the killer of Pc Yvonne Fletcher would not be brought to justice in Britain.

In a letter to Gordon Brown, Paul McKeever, the chairman of the Police Federation, said he was ''shocked, appalled and disgusted'' that the UK agreed the murderer would go on trial in Libya.

The Foreign Office has conceded that any trial for the shooting - which took place outside the Libyan embassy in London 25 years ago - will take place in Tripoli.

The agreement was reportedly struck three years ago, when trade deals worth hundreds of millions of pounds were being negotiated.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: corruption; crime; libya; uk

1 posted on 09/14/2009 10:21:01 AM PDT by freepersunite
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To: freepersunite
Isn't funny, what power and money, will do to the soul of a man?

Give me something to believe in...

Poison

2 posted on 09/14/2009 10:22:16 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: freepersunite

The Left apparently has no problem with “Blood for Oil” on their watch.


3 posted on 09/14/2009 10:23:00 AM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: 2banana

Is this the first time Poison has been quoted on FR?


4 posted on 09/14/2009 10:28:28 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: freepersunite

The soul of the UK has been sold many times over. The country is in a death spiral.


5 posted on 09/14/2009 10:28:56 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: demshateGod

Could be... although I’ve seen ‘look what the cat dragged in’ a few times. Don’t think it was a quote attributed to Poison though. ;o)


6 posted on 09/14/2009 10:30:52 AM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: freepersunite

And I thought the bomber being released was bad. They just handed their justice system over to Libya for some oil, didn’t they?


7 posted on 09/14/2009 10:31:38 AM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: freepersunite

Stick a fork (or sword) in Britain. They’re done.


8 posted on 09/14/2009 10:33:45 AM PDT by gigster
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To: freepersunite
I go to the Daily Mail site
and some of the Brits were why can't they take take to the streets like the tea party in Washington
9 posted on 09/14/2009 10:46:15 AM PDT by Charlespg (The Mainstream media is the enemy of democracy destroy the mainstream media)
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To: Charlespg

The UK is so broke that they must bend over and kiss the butt of a crack pot dictator with oil money. Most of Europe will soon be in the same shape and we will follow based on socialist policies.
Since Churchill was half American..maybe we should suggest that he be reburied here for protection.


10 posted on 09/14/2009 11:04:30 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Parley Baer

The Liberals need to get out of the way for the Conservatives. If the Tories did something like this they would have owned up to it. England show go to war with Lybia and take their oil. I guess that would be steam punk.


11 posted on 09/14/2009 11:26:09 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Parley Baer

England is heading for some serious race riots I fear.


12 posted on 09/14/2009 11:28:36 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
I don't fear if they have some riots.

I fear if they don't, and continued rolling over in the face of this Islamic onslaught.

Go Hooligans!

13 posted on 09/14/2009 12:25:14 PM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: Oldexpat; Charlespg
"The UK is so broke that they must bend over and kiss the butt of a crack pot dictator with oil money. Most of Europe will soon be in the same shape and we will follow based on socialist policies."

It's been in the works for many years. I visited the Edsel Ford house north of Detroit some years ago. It's a magnificent Cotswold estate. The most stunning part to me was how much of the house was adorned with vintage materials from old English manors which had to be parceled out piece by piece to support the "noble" heirs

14 posted on 09/14/2009 7:18:20 PM PDT by uncommonsense (Liberals see what they believe; conservatives believe what they see.)
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