MoD Targets Libya and Iraq as “Priority” Arms Sales Targets Countries with poor human rights records and those on the front line in the war on terror, including Iraq, have been targeted by the Ministry of Defence as the most lucrative places for British arms companies to sell weapons. A confidential report obtained by The Observer under the Freedom of Information Act reveals for the first time that Iraq and Libya are 'priority' markets. Also new on the list are Colombia and Kazakhstan, both criticised for human rights violations. The document has been prepared by the Defence Export Services Organisation (Deso), the agency that promotes the export of military equipment. It was sent to arms contractors last year detailing the countries that the government believes offer the best opportunities.
This example comes from the country of Britain. They supposedly want peace and stability and an end to terrorism in the world – or so they say. This is exactly what the US authorities say also. Yet they go around the world selling arms of all kinds to people of all kinds and countries of all kinds – without consideration for how those weapons may be used. They don’t care AT ALL if they weapons are used for human rights abuses, except when it is human rights abuses against someone (like a person from their own countries) who can provide for them some POLITICAL reasons for revenge or retaliation. Then, they act like they care…… but I do not believe they really care, they just want to use if for an excuse for more violence. And that leads to more retaliation, which means more arms sales around the world, which means more profit for the weapons making industries.
And the makers of the weapons don’t care who gets killed. They just care about making profit. Nothing else matters to them – least of all the death of innocent foreigners.
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