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MI6 HEAD EXPLAINS THE NEED TO DECEIVE THE PUBLIC OVER IRAQ WMD INTELLIGENCE. 23 July 2002 – On returning from the Washington, the MI6 head Richard Dearlove is summoned by Blair to join a hastily arranged meeting in the Prime Minister’s office with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, Attorney General Peter Goldsmith,…
31 JULY
BRITISH ARMOURED CARS SPRAY TEL AVIV’S STREETS WITH BULLETS KILLING FIVE. [ 31 July 1947 ] On this day in 1947, “seven (British) armoured cars roared through the main street of the all-Jewish city of Tel-Aviv… with machine guns firing into shops and passing traffic,” killing at least five and wounding fifteen others.[1] This indiscriminate…
Massacre at Multan as redcoats shoot the elderly and rape the women
THE SACKING OF MULTAN – 2 JANUARY 1849 On 2 January 1849, British redcoats, under the command of Brigadier-General the Honourable Henry Dundas, raped, pillaged and murdered hundreds of civilians, after fighting their way into the city of Multan, located in what is today the province of Punjab in Pakistan. Historian Saul David comments that…
17 JULY
BRITISH TREASURY HALTS RELIEF TO FAMINE STRUCK IRISH PEASANTS [ 17 July 1846 ] On this day in 1846, Charles Trevelyan, Assistant Secretary of the British Treasury, on learning of the ‘very unfavourable’ reports on the potato harvest’, wrote to Sir Randolph Ralph, head of Ireland’s Relief Commission, warning him that ‘the only way to…
27 APRIL
FOLLOWING MASSACRE OF BLACK MUTINEERS – ELEVEN SURVIVORS EXECUTED [ 27 April 1802 ] Fort Shirley at Prince Rupert’s Bay on the British controlled island of Dominica was possibly one of the bleakest and most disease ridden outposts in the Caribbean. MACMILLAN URGES PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO “LIQUIDATE” INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUKARNO On 27 April 1962, British…
22 JANUARY
LABOUR GOVERNMENT APPROVES USING DEPLETED URANIUM IN AMMUNITION [ 22 January 1979 ] On 22 January 1979, the Labour Cabinet almost unanimously approved the use of depleted uranium in anti-tank ammunition. Please feel welcome to post comments below. If you have any questions please email alisdare@gmail.com © 2020 Alisdare Hickson All rights reserved