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British force determined Africa


1/11/2004

It would be wrong for me to pre-judge the role of Mark Thatcher and others in the alleged plot to overthrow an independent African government, or even to weigh up the merits of its current dictator or an alternative dictator however it does throw into the spotlight the role of UK political leaders, financiers and the use of force to determine the shape of African governments to secure advantages over raw materials vital to the global economy.
We have long argued that tax payers money is being abused to prop up third world dictators and the role of our so called defence industries is to agitate international conflict to secure sales.
Britain must stop its role in third world conflicts by ending the arms trade to dictators and redirect those resources into economically beneficial investment.
Those who bleat endlessly about asylum seekers should consider how much British industries, politicians and financiers have brought about theconflicts causing the refugees in the first place.

Councillor Steve Radford, Tuebrook, Liverpool


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