5 JANUARY

“SLAUGHTER ALL THE MEN” [ 29 June 1857 ] On this day in 1857, Colonel James Neill ordered his redcoats on a mission of bloody retribution against an Indian village suspected of harbouring mutineers,  insisting that “the village of Mullagu and neighbourhood be destroyed – slaughter all the men – take no prisoners,” adding “all…

BLAIR FRUSTRATED AT LEGAL CONCERNS OVER KILLING INNOCENT AFGHANS. [ 19 October 2001 ] On 19 October 2001, during the American and British bombing of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Tony Blair became agitated over legal objections to some of the targeting on the basis that innocent civilians might be killed. MEMBERS OF SINN FEIN BANNED…

BRITISH BURN HOMES, DESTROY RICE STORES AND SHOOT CATTLE TO PUNISH REBEL VILLAGES [ 7 June 1818 ] On this day in 1818, a short newspaper article in the Windsor and Eton Gazette carried an opinion piece on the latest reports from Ceylon, which denounced the brutality of the British authorities in their use of extreme…

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,…

BRITISH GENERAL RELUCTANT TO INVESTIGATE THE CRIMES OF PRO-BRITISH LOYALIST MILITIA 27 August 1953 – General Erskine, commanding British forces in Kenya, reports to the War Office his strong belief that it would be best not to investigate the war crimes of the police or the King’s African Rifles, British led colonial troops, too thoroughly….