Proceeding contribution from Dennis Skinner (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 30 March 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Libya (London Conference).
Libya (London Conference)
Why cannot the Government be clear about not rearming the insurgent groups in Libya now that the NATO commander has testified to the US Senate that he cannot rule out infiltration by al-Qaeda or other terrorist groups? As an historian, the Foreign Secretary knows that in the 1980s another ally—America—decided to arm Osama bin Laden to get the Soviets out of Afghanistan, and now British troops are dying on the mountains of Afghanistan because of that error. Don't repeat it.
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- 2010-12
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- Armed conflict Human rights International assistance Politics and government UN resolutions NATO Libya Military intervention Conferences
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