Nidal

“You know what I did? I left troops to take the oil. I took the oil. The only troops I have are taking the oil, they’re protecting the oil. I took over the oil.”

  • Amber Rudd asked to reveal where secret £1bn conflict fund is spent
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/06/amber-rudd-secret-billion-pound-conflict-stability-security-fund

    A £1bn-plus British conflict, stability and security fund (CSSF) is so secret that a committee of senior MPs and peers meant to be scrutinising it can’t even be told the names of the 40 countries where it is spent.

    The problem was raised on Monday with the home secretary, Amber Rudd, by a former Conservative defence minister Archie Hamilton, who said MPs had been told the names of the countries had to remain secret because those that received funds would be embarrassed and those that didn’t would be jealous.

    Rudd told the joint committee on national security strategy that the fund was spent on 97 programmes in 40 different countries. “They do a great job in reaching out, addressing UK interests in unstable areas,” she said. “They include groups such as the White Helmets in Syria, who do a great job.” The White Helmets are a volunteer civil defence force that operates in rebel-held areas in Syria.

    • Accessoirement, il y a donc des gens au Liban qui touchent des sous de ce fond britannique de plus d’un milliard d’euros :

      Hamilton named some of the countries the funding goes to as Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Syria and said it “seemed odd” the committee couldn’t be told more.

      Mais apparemment on ne doit pas savoir qui, combien ni pourquoi. (Sinon les autres Libanais seraient jaloux…)