British Army officers assisting Saudi war on Yemen
"The nature of the war in Yemen has drawn
much international condemnation; a small, impoverished nation attacked
by a large, rich nation lavishly equipped with the finest weapons their
oil wealth can buy – hardly a fair fight.
One of the nations supplying the Saudis
with weapons is Britain and not only is Britain arming the Saudis, it is
teaching them how to use them. Therefore, Britain must share in the
blame for the suffering of the Yemeni people caused by British weapons."“Extensive British ‘targeting training’ has done nothing to prevent the bombing of schools, hospitals and weddings, and the deaths of thousands of Yemeni civilians. The UK claims its support to the Saudi-led campaign is necessary to combat terrorism – but killing innocents doesn’t make us safer. Ministers must urgently reconsider the UK’s support for these abuses.”
"...An MoD spokesperson told the
Guardian: “UK training helps support continued compliance with
international humanitarian law. We do not play a role in targeting
decisions or military operations.”".
Σχόλιο.
Η διεθνής, αιωνόβια εγκληματικότητα αυτής της χώρας, υπόδουλης στο μικρό το δέμας, πλήρως ψυχικά νεκρό, διεφθαρμένο κράτος του στρατιωτικού-βιομηχανικού-τραπεζικού κατεστημένου Σίτυ, ( City of London), έχει καλύψει τον 'χρόνο ζωής της'. 'Εχει εκπληρώσει την 'προσφορά' της στον Παγκόσμιο Τροχό της Ανθρώπινης Ανέλιξης. Η προωθούμενη μολυσματική ανωμαλία έχει εξαπλωθεί κι η λοιμώδης νόσος έχει πλήρως και παντού, παγκόσμια τοποθετηθεί-εκδηλωθεί. 'Εχει ήδη προσκομίσει τα άπειρα υλικά κέρδη στους χειριστές της.
Τώρα όμως αρκεί!Αρκεί ως εδώ!
'Εζησαν όσο έπρεπε ώστε να δούν παιδιά, εγγόνια, δισέγγονα, αδέλφια, ξαδέλφια, δουλειές, πλούτη, απολαύσεις, εξουσία, μεγαλεία και διαστροφές άφθονες .
Η
αποστολή τους τελείωσε. Μπορεί πολύς κόσμος ακόμα να μην το ξέρει, αλλά αυτοί, οι ίδιοι, το γνωρίζουν καλά. Το μόνο που
περιμένουν είναι να έρθει το τέλος τους. Η δράση στο ενεργειακό πεδίο έχει ήδη συντελεσθεί κι ολοκληρωθεί.
'Ετσι ακριβώς όπως ο Κρίσνα είπε στον Αρτζούνα στην Μπαγκαβάντ- Γκιτά:
"Αρτζούνα, όλοι μας έχουμε γεννηθεί με κάποιο σκοπό.Εσύ και τ' αδέλφια σου είσαστε όργανά μου και πρέπει να φέρετε σε πέρας αυτό που έχει ήδη αποφασιστεί. Εσύ θα σκοτώσεις μόνο το υλικό σώμα του Μπίσμα κα του Ντρόνα: η ψυχή τους θα παραμείνει ζωντανή στους αιώνες των αιώνων. Εσύ θα τους απελευθερώσεις από τον κύκλο της ζωής.'Εζησαν όσο έπρεπε ώστε να δούν τα αδέλφια και τα ξαδέλφια σου να μεγαλώνουν . Η αποστολή τους τελείωσε. Μπορεί εσύ να μην το ξέρεις, αλλά το μόνο που περιμένουν είναι να έρθει το τέλος τους." Εκδόσεις ΑΓΡΑ, 2008. SAMHITA ARNI, 1996: Η ΜΑΧΑΜΠΧΑΡΑΤΑ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΜΑΤΙΑ ΕΝΟΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΟΥ. ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΗ :ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΣΤΑΥΡΟΥ
From:
"Bg 11.32 —
The
Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I am, the great destroyer of
the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. With the
exception of you [the Pāṇḍavas], all the soldiers here on both sides
will be slain.
Bg 11.33 —
Therefore
get up. Prepare to fight and win glory. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a
flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement,
and you, O Savyasācī, can be but an instrument in the fight.
Bg 11.34 —
Droṇa,
Bhīṣma, Jayadratha, Karṇa and the other great warriors have already
been destroyed by Me. Therefore, kill them and do not be disturbed.
Simply fight, and you will vanquish your enemies in battle.
Bg 11.35 —
Sañjaya
said to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: O King, after hearing these words from the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the trembling Arjuna offered obeisances with
folded hands again and again. He fearfully spoke to Lord Kṛṣṇa in a
faltering voice, as follows.
Bg 11.36 —
Arjuna
said: O master of the senses, the world becomes joyful upon hearing
Your name, and thus everyone becomes attached to You. Although the
perfected beings offer You their respectful homage, the demons are
afraid, and they flee here and there. All this is rightly done."( for more, see below, following the article).
They might not be pulling the triggers but they handed them the guns and showed them how to use them.
… by Ian Greenhalgh
Saudi Arabia has been fighting a
war in neighbouring Yemen since March 2015 when they invaded in order to
prop up the beleaguered President, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi who had been
forced to flee the capital Sanaa in February by Shia rebels known as
Houthis.
It would take a while to explain the full
background of this complex conflict, to explain the different factions
involved and their agendas, both stated and secret. What it really all
boils down to though is that Saudi Arabia along with four other Gulf
States invaded Yemen in order to defeat the Shia Houthis and allow the
corrupt Sunni government to remain in power.
The Shia-Sunni
issue is complex, especially for a non-Moslem, but the map
below illustrates the basis of the issue in the Middle East – most of
the region is Sunni, with pockets of Shia. The Saudis and their allies
are Sunnis, the Houthis are Shia, as is Iran, therefore the broader
picture behind the Yemen conflict is that of a rivalry between Sunni
Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran.
Religion is far from the only issue driving
this conflict however; while Yemen does not have any oil or gas or
other precious natural resources to fight over, it is in a strategically
important location at the mouth of the Red Sea which is a key artery of
global trade.
The nature of the war in Yemen has drawn
much international condemnation; a small, impoverished nation attacked
by a large, rich nation lavishly equipped with the finest weapons their
oil wealth can buy – hardly a fair fight.
One of the nations supplying the Saudis
with weapons is Britain and not only is Britain arming the Saudis, it is
teaching them how to use them. Therefore, Britain must share in the
blame for the suffering of the Yemeni people caused by British weapons. A
British hand may not be on the trigger, but a British hand certainly
put the gun in the hand and showed them how to shoot it.
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Friday 15 April 2016, … The Guardian
FoI requests reveal extent of RAF and army cooperation amid international outcry over kingdom’s airstrikes on Yemen
Senior British military officers are providing targeting training to Saudi forces, including for cruise missile attacks, despite the kingdom’s airstrikes on neighbouring Yemen provoking an international outcry over civilian casualties.
The extent of the assistance to Saudi units from the Ministry of Defence has emerged from freedom of information (FoI) requests made by the human rights organisation Reprieve, which is urging the British government to reconsider providing military support.
The MoD has consistently maintained that British personnel are not involved in directing strikes, selecting targets or conducting operations in Yemen, but the latest revelations demonstrate how close the cooperation has been.
There have been three courses in “international targeting”, each lasting three weeks, for members of the Royal Saudi air force, the MoD has disclosed. A seven-strong army artillery detachment has also visited Saudi Arabia to advise land forces on targeting and “weapons-locating radar”.
The cruise missile courses
delivered by RAF “weaponeers” relate to the deployment of Storm Shadow,
an air-launched explosive device designed to destroy buried enemy
command centres. Reprieve is concerned that the military courses may not
contain advice on obligations under international humanitarian law to
avoid killing civilians.
Saudi Arabia launched its first attacks on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who
are Shia Muslims, in March 2015. Since then, the conflict is believed
to have killed more than 2,800 civilians, including at least 700
children, many of them in airstrikes.
Over the same period, the UK has licensed sales of £2.8bn of weaponry to Saudi Arabia. Parliament’s committee on arms export controls is investigating that commercial relationship.
The FoI response came from the MoD’s operations directorate, Middle East and Near East, Arabian peninsula and the Levant. It showed that a variety of courses had been provided for Saudi pilots and soldiers since the country intervened in Yemen.
The MoD explained:
“There are up to 20 Royal Saudi
air force students on each course … Each three-week course consists of
approximately 90 hours of training.
“These courses have been
delivered by a team of three: a Sqn Ldr – OC targets training; a Flt Lt –
targets specialist; and an MoD civilian C1 – air warfare centre
operational analyst: weapons and weaponeering specialist. Secondly, a
seven-man short term training team visited Saudi Arabia to provide field
artillery and weapons locating radar (WLR) training to the Royal Saudi
land force (RSLF).
“The field artillery course was
delivered to RSLF artillery institute instructors. Overall, 52 hours of
training were provided. The training was provided by a team of four: a
battery commander close support artillery battery (Maj); a battery
captain close support artillery (Capt); a sergeant major instructor in
gunnery close support artillery (WOII); and a detachment commander close
support artillery (Sgt).”
The MoD said the weapons-locating radar courses were “delivered to a
mixed group of soldiers and officers from the RSLF field artillery”.
“Overall, 44 hours of training
were provided. The training was provided by a team of three: a battery
commander surveillance targeting and acquisition battery (Maj); a
sergeant major instructor in gunnery surveillance targeting and
acquisition (WOII); and a troop staff sergeant and SME [subject matter
expert in] surveillance targeting and acquisition battery (Staff Sgt).”
The MoD also acknowledged there was an “ongoing engagement” between
the Saudi and UK air forces over Storm Shadow. “RAF weaponeers have
provided the RSAF with training in the better employment of specific
weapons systems. Since March 2015, this has consisted of training in
Storm Shadow targeting on two occasions. Finally, Saudi personnel may be
invited to attend regular training courses run in the UK for UK and
allied forces.”The FoI response contained the standard MoD disclaimer in relation to the Yemen conflict: “British personnel are not involved in carrying out strikes, directing or conducting operations in Yemen or selecting targets, and are not involved in the Saudi targeting decision-making process. UK service personnel provide guidance on best practice techniques, including advice to help continued compliance with international humanitarian law. This advice will be provided to a range of personnel in Saudi headquarters and the Saudi ministry of defence.”
Commenting on the MoD assistance to the Saudis, Omran Belhadi, a case worker at Reprieve, said: “Claims by ministers that Britain is helping the Saudi government abide by the law are disingenuous.
“Extensive British ‘targeting training’ has done nothing to prevent the bombing of schools, hospitals and weddings, and the deaths of thousands of Yemeni civilians. The UK claims its support to the Saudi-led campaign is necessary to combat terrorism – but killing innocents doesn’t make us safer. Ministers must urgently reconsider the UK’s support for these abuses.”Earlier this week, the international lawyer Prof Phillipe Sands QC, of Matrix Chambers, called on the committee on arms export controls to ask ministers to seek assurances that British weapons were not being used in indiscriminate attacks. A fragile ceasefire exists in Yemen.
An MoD spokesperson told the
Guardian: “UK training helps support continued compliance with
international humanitarian law. We do not play a role in targeting
decisions or military operations.”
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Bg 11.18 —
You
are the supreme primal objective. You are the ultimate resting place of
all this universe. You are inexhaustible, and You are the oldest. You
are the maintainer of the eternal religion, the Personality of Godhead.
This is my opinion.
Bg 11.19 —
You
are without origin, middle or end. Your glory is unlimited. You have
numberless arms, and the sun and moon are Your eyes. I see You with
blazing fire coming forth from Your mouth, burning this entire universe
by Your own radiance.
Bg 11.20 —
Although
You are one, You spread throughout the sky and the planets and all
space between. O great one, seeing this wondrous and terrible form, all
the planetary systems are perturbed.
Bg 11.21 —
All
the hosts of demigods are surrendering before You and entering into
You. Some of them, very much afraid, are offering prayers with folded
hands. Hosts of great sages and perfected beings, crying “All peace!”
are praying to You by singing the Vedic hymns.
Bg 11.22 —
All
the various manifestations of Lord Śiva, the Ādityas, the Vasus, the
Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas, the two Aśvīs, the Maruts, the forefathers, the
Gandharvas, the Yakṣas, the Asuras and the perfected demigods are
beholding You in wonder.
Bg 11.23 —
O
mighty-armed one, all the planets with their demigods are disturbed at
seeing Your great form, with its many faces, eyes, arms, thighs, legs
and bellies and Your many terrible teeth; and as they are disturbed, so
am I.
Bg 11.24 —
O
all-pervading Viṣṇu, seeing You with Your many radiant colors touching
the sky, Your gaping mouths, and Your great glowing eyes, my mind is
perturbed by fear. I can no longer maintain my steadiness or equilibrium
of mind.
Bg 11.25 —
O
Lord of lords, O refuge of the worlds, please be gracious to me. I
cannot keep my balance seeing thus Your blazing deathlike faces and
awful teeth. In all directions I am bewildered.
Bg 11.26-27 —
All
the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, along with their allied kings, and Bhīṣma,
Droṇa, Karṇa – and our chief soldiers also – are rushing into Your
fearful mouths. And some I see trapped with heads smashed between Your
teeth.
Bg 11.28 —
As the many waves of the rivers flow into the ocean, so do all these great warriors enter blazing into Your mouths.
Bg 11.29 —
I see all people rushing full speed into Your mouths, as moths dash to destruction in a blazing fire.
Bg 11.30 —
O
Viṣṇu, I see You devouring all people from all sides with Your flaming
mouths. Covering all the universe with Your effulgence, You are manifest
with terrible, scorching rays.
Bg 11.31 —
O
Lord of lords, so fierce of form, please tell me who You are. I offer my
obeisances unto You; please be gracious to me. You are the primal Lord.
I want to know about You, for I do not know what Your mission is.
Bg 11.32 —
The
Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I am, the great destroyer of
the worlds, and I have come here to destroy all people. With the
exception of you [the Pāṇḍavas], all the soldiers here on both sides
will be slain.
Bg 11.33 —
Therefore
get up. Prepare to fight and win glory. Conquer your enemies and enjoy a
flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement,
and you, O Savyasācī, can be but an instrument in the fight.
Bg 11.34 —
Droṇa,
Bhīṣma, Jayadratha, Karṇa and the other great warriors have already
been destroyed by Me. Therefore, kill them and do not be disturbed.
Simply fight, and you will vanquish your enemies in battle.
Bg 11.35 —
Sañjaya
said to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: O King, after hearing these words from the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the trembling Arjuna offered obeisances with
folded hands again and again. He fearfully spoke to Lord Kṛṣṇa in a
faltering voice, as follows.
Bg 11.36 —
Arjuna
said: O master of the senses, the world becomes joyful upon hearing
Your name, and thus everyone becomes attached to You. Although the
perfected beings offer You their respectful homage, the demons are
afraid, and they flee here and there. All this is rightly done.