Tag Archives: arms dealing
UK arms dealing at odds with human rights stance
The UK government has approved more than 3,000 export licences for military sales to countries which it believes have questionable records on human rights. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23336914 The House of Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls says the value of the existing export licences to the 27 countries in question exceeds £12bn. This includes significant sales to […]
Arms sales have “very high risk” of corruption?
The Congressional Research Service estimated last year that global arms exports had swelled to $85 billion. And several prominent criminal investigations have added to the pressure for change. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/business/report-aims-to-help-military-industry-fight-corruption.html?ref=us&_r=0 BAE Systems, Europe’s largest military contractor, agreed in 2010 to plead guilty to criminal charges in the United States and Britain related to billions of dollars […]
Arming Africa and Al Qaeda for profit
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to temporarily rescind part of a 21-year-old arms embargo on Somalia, the East African country once considered synonymous with warlordism, piracy and anarchy. The new government who is strongly supported by the United States and Britain, had been pressing for an end to the United Nations […]
Kerry admits US arming Syrian rebels
Finally direct public affirmation to date that the Obama administration was supporting efforts to arm the Syrian resistance. Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that the Obama administration supported efforts to send arms to the opposition in Syria. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/world/middleeast/kerry-says-administration-backs-mideast-efforts-to-arm-syrian-rebels.html?ref=us “We had a discussion about the types of weapons that are being transferred and by […]
Dirty Babylon 