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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Libya Turmoil 26
I can testify that Nick Robertson whom you see here is an honest reporter whom I saw in some hot spots like in Azzawiya. I am not surprised about the lies:
There has been an open letter to the UK PM from Dr Andrew Watt in the UK questioning the legality of the Libyan action. See below for his blog and copy of the letter . CAM
There was a good reason for David Cameron's comments yesterday about regime change.
Regime change by violence (or the threat of regime change by violence) has been an "act of terrorism" in UK Law since 1993.
See Subsection 2(2) of the Reinsurance (Acts of Terrorism) Act 1993:
In this section “acts of terrorism” means acts of persons acting on behalf of, or in connection with, any organisation which carries out activities directed towards the overthrowing or influencing, by force or violence, of Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom or any other government de jure or de facto.
It remains "terrorism" in the definition of terrorism in Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Specific criminal offences follow. For example, David Cameron would be guilty of an offence contrary to Section 56 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for which, on conviction, the penalty is imprisonment for life.
Regime change by force inevitably involves David Cameron, Nick Clegg and military officers in Section 56 offences.
That's one reason why General Sir David Richards said it was absolutely not on the agenda (whatever Number 10 spin doctors may subsequently have briefed).
There has been an open letter to the UK PM from Dr Andrew Watt in the UK questioning the legality of the Libyan action. See below for his blog and copy of the letter . CAM
ReplyDeletehttp://westminsterscheatingus.blogspot.com/2011/03/open-letter-to-dominic-grieve-attorney.html
Watt also says the following:
There was a good reason for David Cameron's comments yesterday about regime change.
Regime change by violence (or the threat of regime change by violence) has been an "act of terrorism" in UK Law since 1993.
See Subsection 2(2) of the Reinsurance (Acts of Terrorism) Act 1993:
In this section “acts of terrorism” means acts of persons acting on behalf of, or in connection with, any organisation which carries out activities directed towards the overthrowing or influencing, by force or violence, of Her Majesty’s government in the United Kingdom or any other
government de jure or de facto.
It remains "terrorism" in the definition of terrorism in Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Specific criminal offences follow. For example, David Cameron would be guilty of an offence contrary to Section 56 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for which, on conviction, the penalty is imprisonment for life.
Regime change by force inevitably involves David Cameron, Nick Clegg and military officers in Section 56 offences.
That's one reason why General Sir David Richards said it was absolutely not on the agenda (whatever Number 10 spin doctors may subsequently have briefed).
Thank you CAM.
ReplyDeleteThis is getting weirder and weirder.
He could join Sarko.