Two years after MPs voted not to take part in the bombardment of Syria, British forces have been doing precisely that. A cross-party group of MPs and peers will investigate the air strikes, the Government’s authorisation of which shows complete contempt for parliamentary democracy. As Michael Meacher pointed out, “The excuse given by the Prime […]
Posts under ‘Middle East/North Africa’
So Tory ministers lying to Parliament is now OK?
Jul 20th, 2015 by Michael Meacher.The revelation that British air crews have been engaged in bombing operations against ISIS in Syria for the last 10 months, in strict defiance of a Parliamentary vote two years ago prohibiting this, should be a matter where ministerial heads roll. The excuse given by the Prime Minister’s office that they were embedded with US […]
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Labour Friends of Israel continues to whitewash war crimes
Jul 1st, 2015 by James Elliott.One year on from the tragic events in Gaza last summer, and the British Israel lobby is still trying to distract us from Israel’s crimes by highlighting perceived wrongdoing by other sides. In her piece for Left Foot Forward, Jennifer Gerber makes a number of claims which require refutation: Hamas’ responsibility for provoking ‘the conflict’; […]
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Genocide in Iraq: when will it end?
Mar 18th, 2015 by Mike Phipps.Twelve years on from the 2003 invasion of Iraq, there is no let-up in the misery being inflicted on the Iraqi people. The UN mission to Iraq says violence in the country claimed the lives of at least 1,100 Iraqis in February, including more than 600 civilians. The war crimes of Isis are well-documented: summary […]
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The economics of hypocrisy and why the sheikdoms have to go
Jan 24th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Paying close attention to politics you become immune to the dollops of lick spittle and cretinous behaviour that comes with it. Yesterday, however, didn’t only take the biscuit but dribbled great dollops of gob over it. Remember when the Dear Leader died and great numbers of presidents and prime ministers queued up to praise his rancid […]
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Statement by a former Labour Leader on the death of a brutal dictator… breathtaking
Jan 23rd, 2015 by Jon Lansman.This statement was issued by the Tony Blair office today: I am very sad indeed to hear of the passing of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. I knew him well and admired him greatly. Despite the turmoil of events in the region around him, he remained a stable and sound ally, was […]
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Chilcot: Establishment writes its own rules to evade embarrassment
Jan 22nd, 2015 by Michael Meacher.The Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war (March-April 2003, nearly 12 years ago) was set up in 2009 and took public evidence from its last witness in 2011. The announcement yesterday that the report after 6 years on inquiry is being strung out until after the election this May is truly scandalous. Cameron has tried […]
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Government duplicity on torture from Blair to Cameron: eleven evasions
Dec 16th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.The whole narrative of the UK government’s response to the brutal revelations of US rendition and torture at Guantanamo and ‘black sites’ spread across E. Europe, the Middle East and Asia has been one of subterfuge, deception and downright lying, in sharp contrast to the determination of the political class in the US to get […]
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How far was the UK complicit in CIA rendition and torture?
Dec 13th, 2014 by Michael Meacher.The report published today by the US Senate Intelligence Committee, chaired by Dianne Feinstein, makes horrifying, even disgusting, reading. The tactics used against prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay or foreign CIA black sites (i.e. torture chambers) included water-boarding (simulated drowning), ‘rectal rehydration’ (leading to anal fissures and rectal prolapse), sleep deprivation for a week […]
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Iraq – it could take years
Dec 9th, 2014 by Mike Phipps.Ten weeks after Parliament voted to bomb IS (Islamic State) in northern Iraq, US Secretary of State John Kerry has admitted that it could take years for them to be defeated. Since Parliament’s vote in September, other European countries have lined up to take part in the campaign – but it remains uncertain whether these […]
