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Thread #143239   Message #3311483
Posted By: Jim Carroll
21-Feb-12 - 02:56 AM
Thread Name: BS: Homs horror (Syria, 2012)
Subject: RE: BS: Homs horror
You pair really are prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to justify the selling of military equipment to mass murdereres of their people by Britain.
You have had the description of what sniper bullets are having on the population of Homs - a refresher:

"Snipers rule the streets in the besieged Syrian city of Homs...
For months, the Syrian city of Homs has been the focus of opposition to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, with almost daily protests since the summer.....
Among the bullet-scarred walls of neighborhoods under siege, he encountered the government snipers who prowl the city picking off their victims apparently indiscriminately and at will.
He found snipers stationed on almost every main street, manning checkpoints on both sides and firing at anybody crossing the street between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. the next day -- imposing a kind of unofficial curfew.
He spoke to one woman whose daughter was seven months pregnant when she was shot in the head as she tried to venture out of the house to do some shopping. The snipers kept shooting as relatives tried to reach the pregnant woman where she lay dead in the street, before finally they were able to bring her body back to her mother's home.
"I had to cross several times exactly the same streets where people got shot several minutes before. And you arrive at a scene where half an hour ago someone got shot and 30 minutes later people are crossing the street normally," he said.
Residents describe the daily struggle of life in the cross-hairs, some telling how they throw bread and other supplies across the street to others who cannot safely traverse to reach a shop."

There you go - 'only sniper bullets.
You identify them as such - try to minimise their effect - deny they have been sold - then attempt to identify me as having the same foul opoinions as yourselves, first by claiming that I have supprted religious extremist groups, then, when that fails, accusing me for something I have not said.
One of you squalids has proposed that sniper bullets are not enough and that it would be ok to supply this monster with "riot control equipment"
"Non-lethal crowd control equipment does not crush protest."
WHAT!!!!!! - What is to it there for - to entertain the demonstrators so they do not feel they are being ignored?
That is as moronic as it gets - well done Keith.

"Britain sold no weapons to Libya"
So the lists were made up - a report of a demontration in London last year:

"Kayaks attempt to stop warship getting to Activists on inflatable Kayaks have this morning attempted to stop the Destroyer HMS Dauntless from reaching the Excel Centre where it is due to be displayed at the DSEi Arms fair.
Protesters confront battleships en route to world's largest arms fair 10.09.2011 10:49
Protesters confront battleships en route to world's largest arms fair
Today, warships en route to the world's largest arms fair were disrupted by protesters angry at a trade that inflicts untold misery and death across the planet. Protesters manoeuvred kayaks in front of the ships to prevent them gaining access to Royal Victoria Dock.
At a time of austerity and government cuts, East London will be hosting Defence Systems Equipment International (DSEi) from 13th - 16th September, with much of the cost borne by the taxpayer.
Every 2 years the ExCeL centre in London's dockyards welcomes dictators, arms dealers and suspected war criminals in an attempt to persuade them to buy British weaponry. Many of the weapons used by dictators to kill demonstrators during the Arab spring were procured from DSEi exhibitors.
This year DSEi falls on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. It is worth remembering that (according to the British Medical Journal) nearly 400,000 people die every year from armed
conflict.
A spokesperson for Disarm DSEi stated "The same politicians that shed crocodile tears for the 9/11 victims are fuelling the fires of war and armed conflict around the world. It is up to ordinary people to intervene to stop the obscene traffic in arms. DSEi, the world's largest arms fair, must be stopped."
This is just one action in a concerted campaign. Protesters have vowed to disrupt DSEi throughout the week, including a day of action on the 13th to blockade the DLR and prevent delegates attending the event.
Several warships will form part of this year's DSEi – hosting receptions and showcasing military technology, including HMS Dauntless, the pride of the British Navy.
Over 1200 arms companies will be selling their wares to 25,000 buyers from around the world, including military delegations from some of the world's most repressive, human rights abusing regimes.
DSEi is held in Newham, one of London's most impoverished boroughs. Whilst the government has subsidised DSEi by £320,000 and paid up to £4million for policing, Newham council are being forced to cut
£116 million from their budget over the next four years.
For years leading up to the "Arab Spring", arms companies have exported equipment to the regimes which are now being condemned by governments rapidly backtracking on their support. A report issued in April this year confirmed that since 2009 the UK have exported components for military helicopters to Algeria, sub-machine guns and tear gas to Bahrain, machine guns to Egypt and hand grenades to Jordan. British defence contractors have also sold small arms ammunition to Syria, hand grenades, sniper rifles and tear gas to Saudi Arabia and shotguns to Morocco."
Jim Carroll
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Jim Carroll