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UK Arms Exports: more caution needed, warn MP's (UK exported hazardous chemicals to Syria
The Guardian ^
| 7/13/2012
| Nice Hopkins
Posted on 09/01/2013 5:51:02 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
The UK has exported hazardous chemicals to Syria, despite condemning President Bashar al-Assad. Photograph: Foto Factory/ Alany [photo at URL].
On the face of it, andin light of the widespread condemnation of President Bashar al-Assad it might seemodd that the UK is still granting licenses for the export of armoured 4x4 vehicles to Syria. Odder still...the sale of certain hazardous chemicals to Syria, too...
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 113th; armoredvehicles; assad; basharassad; democrats; elections; iran; israel; kerry; lebanon; maheralassad; mccain; mediabias; military; obama; potassiumfluoride; randpaul; randsconcerntrolls; russia; sarin; sodiumfluoride; syria; thebrotherdidit; theguardian; uk; unitedkingdom; waronterror
To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Related.
Britain sold nerve gas chemicals to Syria 10 months after war beganDaily Record (Scotland) ^
BRITAIN allowed firms to sell chemicals to Syria...the UK Government has been allowing the sale of these ingredients to Syria...The chemical export licences...were only revoked six months later, when the European Union imposed tough sanctions on Assads regime...The Government...granting licences to companies to export to regimes such as Syria.
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posted on
09/01/2013 6:00:03 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Laissez-faire capitalist; All
What say you?
Should/will McCain, Graham, Kristol, King, and others look into this. Will they call for a full UN inspection into this? They do like UN inspections, don’t they?
And stuff was sold to China, too?
To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Well, well, well.
Looks like the bloody Brits have blood on their hands.
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posted on
09/01/2013 6:06:07 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
(Stop Worrying And Learn To Love The Bomb!)
To: tennmountainman
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posted on
09/01/2013 6:37:06 PM PDT
by
ANDY72632
To: tennmountainman
Oh come on. Both the chemicals involved are very common (one is naturally occuring) and both have lots of applications besides making gas. Even if these chemicals WERE the ones used to make a gas weapon, no one in Britain purposed their use for that. You might as well say the grocery store that sold someone weedkiller and sugar is to blame if they used it to make explosives. The export licences were revoked two years ago anyway. No one gave a damn about the sales until this (alleged) gas attack hit the headlines. This is just someone relying on people's ignorance to try to smear the current UK government for their own political ends. Specifically, its the Scottish socialist fascist treasonous nationalist party - not exactly renowned for reason, rationality or competence on anything.
Bloody Brits with blood on their hands....good grief. Get a grip.
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posted on
09/01/2013 10:33:00 PM PDT
by
Vanders9
To: Vanders9
Go fuc yourself. I did not write the article.
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posted on
09/01/2013 10:36:42 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
(Stop Worrying And Learn To Love The Bomb!)
To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Almost any chemical CAN be hazardous. It mostly depends on what other chemical you mix it with.
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posted on
09/02/2013 5:34:11 AM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(I have a copy of the Constitution! And I'm not afraid to use it!)
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