Arms sales to Israel breach guidelines - England

[dArKeR]

Large quantities of British arms and internal security equipment are being sold to Israel despite the government's public criticism of the country's human rights record and growing violence there, the Guardian can reveal.

Export licences for weapons are being cleared even though Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, has admitted that Israel has breached assurances that British equipment would not be used in the occupied territories. Exports approved by the government this year cover categories including leg-irons, electric shock belts and chemical and biological agents such as tear gas. They also include categories covering mortars, rocket launchers, anti-tank weapons, military explosives, and infrared and radar sensors.

The hitherto undisclosed arms sales are revealed in a letter from Nigel Griffiths, the minister for export controls at the Department of Trade and Industry, to Menzies Campbell, the Liberal Democrats' foreign affairs spokesman.

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=23088

[Jim Sagle]

1. Obviously there are still some righteous Gentilies in Britain.

:thumbsup:

[bluesoul]

2. That's

an interesting remark...

[bemildred]

3. He thinks its good that the guidelines are being violated,

if I understand it right. I expect the mispelling is just
a typographical error,

[newyorican]

4. Gentile lies?

:shrug: Error or not it's an improvement over the standard discourse.

[bemildred]

5. "Gentilie lace"?

As long as we are into word play ...
:-)

[The Magistrate]

6. 'Chemical And Biological Agents'

Is rather a gilded lily for tear gas.

My kitchen drawers contain a number of lethal machined-steel weapons....