NATO allow weapons to Rebels OPENLY
Telegraph August 12th, 2011
By kingsley
Arms controls continue to be flouted in the context of the Libyan armed conflict. Both France and Qatar have openly admitted to supplying arms to the rebels as a complementary strategy to the NATO-led air strikes. Such actions not only undermine the United Nations arms embargo regime, but may also violate contractual obligations between arms-exporting and arms-importing states.
When arms are officially exported from one government to another, the recipient government is usually required to endorse an end-user certificate. This is a written commitment from the arms-purchasing government that it will not transfer the arms to other parties, especially if such a transfer is in violation of a UN arms embargo. However, there is no international end-user monitoring and enforcement process in place. Monitoring is the sole preserve of the exporting state, but such monitoring is typically under-developed, with the US ‘Blue Lantern’ programme being the most advanced.
Qatar’s arming of the Libyan rebels is particularly problematic as Qatar imports the vast majority of its arms, and hence would have been required to endorse end-user certificates. Over the past five years Qatar’s main arms supplier has been the United States (in monetary terms), but it has also imported arms from many other states, such as France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and South Africa. The key question to be asked is, to what extent has Qatar reneged on end-user agreements?
Crazy times! I remember CNN reporting that the rebels were dumb beasts with technology above their brain cell grade. They shot rocket launchers backwards . Rag tag army at best.Then, Boom! The whole world is in on it, later, NATO says they’re jumping in (of course that just means America is in!) Although, it was a nice touch putting a Canadian General in as the commander of the mission(smart move!It makes it all seem like America isn’t pulling the strings)Then a month or so later the rebels are all reasonably well trained and have even better weapons. “So whats the point?” You ask PeculiarPotato. What I see is the same bullshit drama that has played out in front of our eyes and ears ever since the early days of radio. What I see is wealthy states using their media spin-doctors and their weapons exporters ( C.I.A., French intelligence) to make money for the weapons manufacturers and the money changers or should I say lenders (Bankers.)They start by heavily arming poor Arabs in their own country,Then they take over the country and continue to push for democracy( making NATO look like the peacekeepers) and then the final nail in the coffin, central banking systems to keep the Libyans in perpetual dept, forever.You see the warring thinks tanks find the weakest link and expose it! Much like this senario,Gadhafi and some of his closest buddies get all the money.The state is rich, yet the people remain poor! You see when you’re a poor Libyan eating two cups of sand a day you would be easy to turn,propaganda will do the rest!Poor Libyans begin to think”fucking right, lets kill this Kadafi guy, and take our lives back!” Therefore, when the C.I.A. or C.S.I.S, Mossad, N.S.A.,French intelligence, NATO and who’ever the fuck else decides to join the party, it is a free for all for the war profiteers!Now,the country seems to be in turmoil. Even camera humping journalist make themselves part of the story.”We’re trapped by crazy Gadhafi loyalists.”They say.Seems to me, those loyalists saved your asses and left you without a scratch!…….So were do we go from here? Well their are other Arab states to take over, I’m sure that is already in the works. This is a fight for the control of Oil and Drugs(Afghanistan.)……No peace!.All war all the time!…..Who will weep for the innocent? Maybe CNN? Nah, they were born out of the ashes of the first gulf war. Hey that is a good slogan for CNN. CNN. No peace! all war all of the time!…..yes?No?……………..P.P…..Qatar….what tha?
Yep., Qatar. it almost sounds like a musical instrument, but it’s pretty close to Dubai, the Disneyland of the Elite, where harmony is a scarce commodity.
Who knows what is really going on, could be that even the evil doers don’t know. As long as they can make disharmony, they are in an environment where they can leverage things. Even the hard core Machiavellian type cringe at the cacophony of evil that exudes from these neocorporate thieves as they crank up the volume on their out of tune Wurlitzer…😎
I have been to Qatar the king obviously does what ever he wants but it seems to be for the good of the people…