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Thread #162724 Message #3874851
Posted By: Teribus
02-Sep-17 - 12:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: uk politics
Subject: RE: BS: uk politics
1:"I invented the order"
Never said - YOU on the other hand DID claim that Britain, as in The British Government, had exported weapons to Syria, and that those weapons were being used to kill people in Homs in 2012 - All of that was a lie invented by YOU, corrected by me and others.
2: "the order was never licenced"
Never said - It stated clearly in the newspaper article that in 2009 an export licence was granted to a registered arms dealer. The British Government per se sold nothing.
3: "It was licenced then the licence was withdrawn"
Perfectly true - The licence we are referring to was issued in 2009 - In 2010 ALL export licences concerning goods for export to Syria were revoked - Simple matter of record - look it up.
4: "It was too early for the ammunition to be used in Homs"
The amount of ammunition that could be purchased for £30,000 would amount to roughly 110,000 rounds. The Army and Police Force of Syria numbers over 300,000 men. IF, and it is a big IF, any ammunition had been delivered in 2009 and there are NO RECORDS to verify that it ever was despatched, by 2012 chances are that it would have already been used long before anyone was shot in Homs.
Jom, if you have other substantive evidence that proves otherwise then please post it - over the last five years you have had ample opportunity to do so and so far you have come up with absolutely nothing.
5: "It was a private order for sporting equipment"
110,000 rounds is a minute order for an Army the size of Syria's. Ammunition manufactured in the UK would be for weapons used by NATO. Such ammunition is of no use in Soviet/Russian made weapons.
6: "The ammunition ordered was the wrong size to be used by Syrian snipers"
True - The Standard NATO 7.62x51mm round is 12mm too long to fit into the chamber of Russian weapons used by the Syrian Army which uses 7.62x39mm rounds. I know that this means nothing to Jom who would never let fact or truth get in the way of a good rant.
You keep dragging this crap up and I will continue to knock it flat - takes absolutely no effort on my part.