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Gaza: listen to Warsi & UK could help wage peace, not war

Patrick Corrigan on August 10, 2014, 10:30 am

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Baroness Warsi’s hard-hitting resignation letter to David Cameron has served to focus attention on the UK’s policy on the carnage in Gaza. The former Foreign Office minister says her resignation was prompted by the government’s “morally indefensible” policy – one of arming the Israelis, while pressuring the Palestinian Authority not to seek justice through the International Criminal Court. Despite the Prime Minister’s dubious expressions of sympathy for the people of Gaza, a more one-sided UK policy could scarcely be imagined. …

Northern Ireland military exports and human rights violations in Syria

Patrick Corrigan on December 6, 2011, 6:21 pm

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The United Nations report a death toll “much more than 4,000” in Syria, mostly anti-government protestors killed by the country’s security forces. On 23 November, a Commission of Inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council said it was “gravely concerned that crimes against humanity have been committed” in Syria. I can now report that Northern Ireland plc, acting perfectly legally, has done its bit to help prop up the repressive regime. Anti-President Assad activists have posted this video of Northern Ireland manufactured armoured vehicles, …