Here is a little piece of rather old scuttlebutt that I have only just been told about, by an ex forces bloke I was chatting to yesterday.I have no way of knowing how true it is, and would be happy to hear opinions from any serving members of the armed forces as to its veracity.
Seemingly when Bliar was still PM and he made his last visit to Iraq, to meet the troops, special security measures were taken.
No surprises there then?
Ermmm...well yes actually...here is the unusual added security measures taken..
Those British troops who were due to see him when he spoke in some hall had their weapons removed.
For why?
It seems that some of those serving in Iraq consider Bliar and Nu Labour to be traitors, for the shambles of Iraq, and that there were very real concerns that one of them would shoot him.
As noted I have no idea how true this is, and would welcome input from anyone who was actually present during Bliar's last visit to Iraq as PM.
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Bliar, a traitor, yup, and a war criminal, certainly.
ReplyDeleteSee http://www.makewarshistory.org.uk to understand just why.
And in the Guardian a couple of days ago at
ReplyDeletehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/18/iraq-us-foreign-policy
they state:
" Contradicting head-on Lord Goldsmith's advice that the invasion was lawful, [Lord] Bingham stated: "It was not plain that Iraq had failed to comply in a manner justifying resort to force and there were no strong factual grounds or hard evidence to show that it had." Adding his weight to the body of international legal opinion opposed to the invasion, Bingham said that to argue, as the British government had done, that Britain and the US could unilaterally decide that Iraq had broken UN resolutions "passes belief".
Governments were bound by international law as much as by their domestic laws, he said. "The current ministerial code," he added "binding on British ministers, requires them as an overarching duty to 'comply with the law, including international law and treaty obligations'."
Addressing the British Institute of International and Comparative Law last night, Bingham said: "If I am right that the invasion of Iraq by the US, the UK, and some other states was unauthorised by the security council there was, of course, a serious violation of international law and the rule of law".
I do know that when Gordon Clown visited they got him to sign a vehicle named "CYCLOPS".
ReplyDeleteGood Drills that man.
I heard a similar tale through family in the RAF and that threats were made to keep people in line while cameras were on.
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