UK Arms Exports: more caution needed, warn MP's (UK exported hazardous chemicals to Syria

The Guardian ^ | 7/13/2012 | Nice Hopkins

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

The UK has exported hazardous chemicals to Syria, despite condemning President Bashar al-Assad. Photograph: Foto Factory/ Alany [photo at URL].

On the face of it, andin light of the widespread condemnation of President Bashar al-Assad it might seemodd that the UK is still granting licenses for the export of armoured 4x4 vehicles to Syria. Odder still...the sale of certain hazardous chemicals to Syria, too...

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[familyop]

Related.

Britain sold nerve gas chemicals to Syria 10 months after war began
Daily Record (Scotland) ^

BRITAIN allowed firms to sell chemicals to Syria...the UK Government has been allowing the sale of these ingredients to Syria...The chemical export licences...were only revoked six months later, when the European Union imposed tough sanctions on Assad’s regime...The Government...granting licences to companies to export to regimes such as Syria.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

What say you?

Should/will McCain, Graham, Kristol, King, and others look into this. Will they call for a full UN inspection into this? They do like UN inspections, don’t they?

And stuff was sold to China, too?

[tennmountainman]

Well, well, well.
Looks like the bloody Brits have blood on their hands.

[ANDY72632]

Excuse me? It looks like UK is dumping barrels of nuclear waste... The symbols look familiar...I think it’s more of phony photos like the 2003 Iraq photo supposed as Syria 2013!

http://astrowright.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/confronting-radiation-fears-through-symbology/

[Vanders9]

Oh come on. Both the chemicals involved are very common (one is naturally occuring) and both have lots of applications besides making gas. Even if these chemicals WERE the ones used to make a gas weapon, no one in Britain purposed their use for that. You might as well say the grocery store that sold someone weedkiller and sugar is to blame if they used it to make explosives. The export licences were revoked two years ago anyway. No one gave a damn about the sales until this (alleged) gas attack hit the headlines. This is just someone relying on people's ignorance to try to smear the current UK government for their own political ends. Specifically, its the Scottish socialist fascist treasonous nationalist party - not exactly renowned for reason, rationality or competence on anything.

Bloody Brits with blood on their hands....good grief. Get a grip.

[tennmountainman]

Go fuc yourself. I did not write the article.

[rfreedom4u]

Almost any chemical CAN be hazardous. It mostly depends on what other chemical you mix it with.