Two years of top-secret British report said 61.2 million pounds sold to Libya weapons
Date:2011-08-30Author:adminCategory:International militaryComment:0
military with the Libyan government, “the British-made”, the opposition is very depressed.
5, according to British media reports, a top-secret report recently disclosed that the British government had Libya, and North Africa, the Middle East up to £ 2.3 billion sale of a secret military weapon. Which, since 2009, only to Libya’s weapons permits on a total of up to 61.2 million pounds.
arms sales plan was disclosed
British Cabinet also acknowledged that the British Government has approved the export to Tripoli, sniper rifles, bullets, tear gas, and other large-scale control ammunition resolution. The resolution made by the members of Congress report gave away the secret of British arms sales to the shaking, the Western media as “dirty secrets.”
same time, the report also Gaddafi with these “British-made” weapons against the rebels expressed great concern. Official figures show that since 2009 the 21 consecutive months, the British total exports to 16 countries approved a total of £ 2.3 billion worth of weapons.
report also recommended that the Government should increase the export of weapons and how to coordinate the protection of human rights, conflict of interest.
list of weapons involved in many Arab countries
to Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom ratified the value of £ 1.7 billion arms export licenses, which Egypt won the 2040 £ 200 million Algeria was £ 76.9 million, the United Arab Emirates won the £ 52.8 million.
report also pointed out that the British Government to Yemen, body armor and night vision goggles export, sale of small arms ammunition to Syria, Saudi Arabia to sell aircraft parts and armored personnel carriers. British Members of Parliament cross-party committee in recognition of the coalition government since the “Arab Spring” uprising began, has strongly dismissed for 156 in the region of weapons permits. But for Brown and Cameron to their authoritarian country arms sales to first place the policies expressed concern because this approach against the British in support of human rights consistent position.
report concludes that both the incumbent government or its predecessors errors estimated exports to North Africa and the Middle East of weapons of risk. UK cross-party committee’s Conservative chairman Sir Stanley said: “The large number of arms export licenses revoked precisely reflect the extent of how much risk of miscarriage of justice.” British weapons program, said director Oliver Sprague, said: “In the past those to Middle East, North Africa, arms sales decision is wrong. “freelance writer Bear Green
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Libya had sold weapons
According to the British Department of Commerce figures show that since 2009, only to Libya’s weapons permits, total up to 61.2 million pounds. Britain also approved to Bahrain’s worth 600 million pounds of weapons permits, including light machine guns, sniper rifles, grenades terror, shock grenades, riot control agent weapons.
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