20 JUNE

LET THE SAUDIS BEHAVE AS THEY WANT TO, SO LONG AS THEY REMAIN AN ALLY. 4 October 1993 – Addressing a conference entitled “Inside Saudi Arabia” at London’s Chatham House, Margaret Thatcher declared that she considered the country “a strong force for moderation and stability,” that she was “a great admirer of Saudi Arabia and…

THOUSANDS MURDERED AFTER BRITISH LED IMPERIAL ARMY TAKES SUZHOU [ 9 December 1863 ] On this day in 1863, thousands of men and women in the Chinese rebel city of Suzhou were massacred,  four days after the town was seized by British and imperial Chinese forces. . . MASSACRE REPORT WHITEWASHES ROLE OF BRITISH ARMY…

WINSTON CHURCHILL WITNESSES THE DESTRUCTION OF AN ENTIRE VALLEY OF VILLAGES [ 15 September 1897 ] On 15 September 1897, Lieutenant Winston S. Churchill, who was temporarily freelancing as a war correspondent, joined a punitive British military expedition, under Major General Sir Bindon Blood, as it began to move against the Mamunds of the Watelai…

MASS EXECUTION OF AFGHANS TO “CELEBRATE” THE BRITISH CAPTURE OF KABUL [ 12 October 1879 ] On this day in 1879 General Roberts led a British army into Kabul, declaring martial law and offering substantial financial rewards for the handing over of all those who were known to have taken up arms against the British….

NO WMD HERE BUT WE FOUND MARMALADE ! [ 27 November 2002 ] On this day in 2002, the British government pushed UN weapons inspectors in Iraq to investigate one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces on the Tigris river. Britain felt reasonably confident that Saddam Hussein would refuse them entry, thereby providing the United Kingdom and…

MODERATE MINISTER PRAISES BRITISH REPRISALS AGAINST IRISH CIVILIANS. [ 31 October 1920 ] On this day in 1920  Austen Chamberlain, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer who was considered a dovish moderate on the issue of Ireland, wrote to his sister reminding her of the positive impact of brutal acts of British retribution against Irish civilians.  It…