Bloodbath in Iraq because of British arms sales

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This May 2014 video is called Going Underground: UK government promotes weapons sales to regimes linked to Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram.

By Rory MacKinnon in Britain:

Tuesday 17th June 2014

Delusional Foreign Secretary William Hague defends record of Western intervention as Iraq descends into chaos

Ministers ducked for political cover yesterday after activists blamed Britain’s own arms sales for fuelling Iraq’s descent into chaos.

In Britain Tory Foreign Secretary William Hague told MPs he had spoken privately with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about the crisis which has seen extremist Sunni Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters chalk up major gains.

But Mr Hague, who suffered a humiliating defeat last year when MPs voted against attacking Syria, refused to blame the crisis on US-British intervention from 2003.

“I don’t think this entire business should be seen through the…

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