The US and UK lost three nuclear weapons each! - Part 1
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Part 1 - What went missing on President George H.W. Bush's Watch?
UK, March 1, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) -When one reads about the pressure that the US and UK Governments put on such countries as Iran and North Korea I find it hard to believe that they themselves are so negligent in taking care of their own weapons. I also find it so hard to believe that they have such high moral standards when trying to stop Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) but are prepared to use such evil weapons themselves.
Readers may find it incredible to know that as a result of their gross neglect three US nuclear missiles went missing without trace and have now ended up in the hands of someone else which now adds concern as to how such an event could ever happen.
The story doesn't stop there because three nuclear weapons that should have gone to the US for decommissioning were purchased in a very shady way by the British Government and they also went missing without trace and have also ended up in the hands of someone else.
You might ask how come we never knew about these two incidents and why was it kept so secret? I can also tell you that much more went on and the United Nations were never informed. So who was involved in this pathetic fiasco and why was it kept so secret? Could it be that shonky deals went on under the table and some political parties or individuals had their palms brushed with gold?
I am sure that by now your eyes are glued to this article just waiting to hear how such an event could every happen, who was implicated and who benefited from this sordid deal. One thing I can say is that you can be rest assured that no one really knows where they are now or who could use them and because of this any action taken by the west without due consideration could prove to be a catastrophic mistake.
Let's go back in time during the period when SRAM Nuclear Missiles were fully developed and ready to be used. This missile in actual fact became fairly unstable under certain conditions and eventually were pulled out of service (or so we thought). So let's take a look at this terrible weapon and fully understand it background and how many of these could be carried aboard a B52 Bomber.
The SRAM (short range attack missile, AGM 69A). The air-surface missile at the time of going missing contained a Plutonium Warhead W69M (200KT thermo-nuclear). The AGM69A missile was first manufactured in 1971 - 1976 and around 1,500 were produced. There were retired over a period of time between 1991 - 1994 although there were initially removed from active service in 1990 due to fire safety concerns. This concern however did not stop the continued operational usage.
Unknown to the United Nations and many other countries the US were playing a cat and mouse game with Iraq during Gulf War 1 and it was on President George H.W. Bush's watch that things went terribly wrong during one of his major bluffs!
He had authorized a B52 Bomber to depart its Saudi Arabian Air Base loaded with SRAM Nuclear Missiles and position overhead Baghdad. We were led to believe that this aircraft only had three missiles onboard; despite the fact it could carry twenty missiles. The idea Bush had in mind was to threaten Saddam with these nuclear weapons unless he toed the line.
The B52 with a registration number of 59-2593 suddenly encountered a major electrical problem which could have been catastrophic. The aircraft commander was instructed to head south as he continued to attempt to sort out the problem.
The aircraft eventually was instructed to head for Diego Garcia in the north of the Indian Ocean. Well into this flight things started to become more critical and the crew were very much aware of their cargo of potentially unstable weapons.
The decision was made to jettison the weapons off the coast of Somalia in relative shallow water (one would assume for possible later recovery), and then proceeded on to land at Diego Garcia. The onboard electrical system had obviously become extremely critical resulting in the aircraft loosing power to its eight engines as it attempted to get back to Diego Garcia. The aircraft started to loose height and prior to arriving at the field some crew members ejected. The aircraft by this time had dropped to below its safe ejection height and the remainder of the crew ejected but failed to deploy their chutes and consequently died. The aircraft crashed into the sea 15 nautical miles north of the field on the 3rd of February 1991.
Dick Cheney was US Secretary of Defense and did not take any immediate action to recover these weapons from off the coast of Somalia at the time and consequently they were recovered by another shonky organization in May 19991 who were supposed to be a deep sea diving/ treasure salvage team who were working in the offshore Somalia area. This diving company was operating out of the Seychelles and apparently was a cover up for a South African arms smuggling operation into Somalia. The apartheid-era South African military were sending packages of conventional arms destined for groups in Somalia, and dropping them in shallow water. The divers couldn't find these packages and had to broaden their search and accidently then came across the SRAMs. They allegedly relayed their serial numbers via the UK to a retired senior officer in the USAF to find out what they were. The news from the senior officer was that these were nuclear munitions from the B-52. I should point out at this stage that the South African arms dealer was also involved in the missing UK nuclear weapons which we shall address in Part 2 of this series.
The group communicated with South Africa's defense minister, Magnus Malan who was notoriously known for his under the table arms dealings. He met the group in South Africa but told them that the deal was off as he had just been fired by De Klerk. The trail of these weapons then faded into obscurity and no one really knows there final destination. There was talk of North Korea, Iran, Syria and Iraq but we may never know. What is fact is that at one stage some nuclear weapons did end up in Iraq(US or British)but were then relocated. I feel that in actual fact one did make it to North Korea and was detonated in one of their first tests. The second test in North Korea was totally different and could have been one of the UK's missing weapons. Should this be the case then we still have two US missiles missing and possibly two UK bombs but that's another story.
There is one thing for sure that almost certainly happened and that is that the South African arms dealer ended up with much gold in his vault and other persons in the US and UK would have also had their palms brushed. Certainly in the UK senior and junior political figures became involved in both the Conservation and Labour Parties and much money to this day has not been accounted for. The greatest concern out of all of this gross neglect by the US and UK governments is one simple question.......who has got these weapons now? That is why the US, UK and dear old Israel had better watch their step when making bold threats to other countries as they may well get a very nice surprise!!......oh and please be careful when you place your vote this year as two of the two current leaders have an awful lot of secrets they don't want you to know......especially in their very secretive donations file! keep watching this space for more riveting news!
Peter Eyre - Middle East Consultant - 28/2/2010
The US and UK lost three nuclear weapons each - Part 2
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UK, March 4, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) - What went missing on Prime Minister Thatcher's Watch?
As we discussed in Part 1 three nuclear weapons went missing from the US and now our focus must turn to the three that went missing from under the nose of the good old Brits. Don't you think it is ironic that over one million Iraqis may have died because of our gross neglect? Let's not also forget the thousands of troops who also died for nothing!
We have to turn the clock back to 1989 when a very young, wet behind the ears, David Cameron broke the stringent embargo on South Africa and paid a quick but purposeful visit to the Deep South. He was also accompanied by another illustrious Conservative figure who had a little bit more technical know how under his belt.
So why did dear Maggie take such a risk in sending her cavalry all the way down to South Africa? Was there something big to look at? Was their an opportunity for some shonky arms dealer to make big money and in turn possible slip a few thousand in the kitty fund of the Conservative Party? You bet there was!
Ok so lets look into this cloak and dagger operation that went terrible wrong and resulted in the assassination of dear Dr. David Kelly (Oh sorry I shouldn't have let that slip out it was suicide wasn't it?). Did this implicate David Cameron and his side kick in not only breaking international law but also in high level corruption? Surely no politician would put his reputation at risk, all for the sake of party funds donation?..........you've got to be joking; they would sell their mother for much less!
What was going on in South Africa that basically became the source of going to war in Iraq and why haven't these culprits been punished and who else knew about this British monumental stuff up? Did the British Labour Party also know about this mess that Maggie Thatcher got us into?.....you bet they did......Dear Dr. Kelly also knew in great detail!
It all comes down to a nuclear weapons programme that was kept hidden from the United Nations by both the US and UK governments....starting to get the picture? The South African Government hid an awful lot of extremely nasty stuff from the
world but good old US of A and the UK knew everything....just like partners in crime.
Let's just turn the clock back a little further at the time when Rhodesia ceased to exist and became Zimbabwe. It was in Rhodesia that Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) were fine tuned and eventually moved lock stock and barrel to South Africa along with its team of experts.
All of this CBW transfer was under the watchful eye of the British Government who approved the transfer....needless to say the US also became tagged to this evil development.
We may find it hard to believe that way back in the 1960's the Portuguese used Chemical Warfare by poisoning water wells, drugged prisoners and threw them out of aircraft. It is also hard to believe that other evil ways were also developed in Rhodesia such as psychological warfare, covert executions, and the deployment of ingenious booby traps and toxic substances. They employed: poisonous chemicals in clothing, canned food, drinks, and aspirin; and, lethal biological agents such as cholera and anthrax to contaminate water supplies and farmland.
It was also reported in 1977 that several, 25-gallon drums of chemicals were delivered and, dried in the sun, and then ground into a powder. The noxious powder was later brushed onto the denim clothing favored by the guerrillas, mixed into processed meat such as bully beef before being repacked in new cans, or injected into bottles of alcohol with a micro-needle. In addition, several prisoners were forcibly used to determine the effects of the poisons, and their corpses were disposed of secretly.
The Rhodesians also made several attempts to disseminate lethal CBW agents, in particular Vibrio cholera and Bacillus anthracis. Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) also dropping anthrax spores from an aircraft near Plumtree on the Botswana border in experiments to try to kill cattle in the Gutu, Chilimanzi, Masvingo, and Mberengwa areas.
The main purpose of including this CBW programme in this nuke story is to reveal that historically the US and UK have been closely associated with WMD/CBW and willingly approved such programmes. If we can all recall the Anthrax letter scare in the US then one can see the way such practices can get out of hand and be used by some sinister groups. Again I would like to put an emphasis on the fact that the US and UK government always applied pressure on the UN in regard to Saddam's use of CBW on Iran and the Kurds when they themselves gave the Iraqi's the chemicals and know how to carry out these attacked. How two faced can you get?
We can now look at another special operation that followed on from the above transfer of CBW to South Africa with what was known as "Project Coast." This project was the development, testing, and utilization of a wide array of hard-to-trace toxic agents to assassinate enemies of the South African state but went far beyond its original intention. Some of the plans included drugging victims before tossing their bodies out of an airplane into the ocean, which was similar to the tactics used in Rhodesia.
The substances employed in the assassination program included potentially lethal chemicals such as aldicarb, brodifacum, cantharidin, colchamine, cyanide, digoxin, methanol, monensin, paraoxon, paraquat, phencyclidine, phosphide, silatrane, sodium azide, thallium, and vitamin D3; biological agents such as anthrax spores, botulinum toxin, brucella bacteria, salmonella bacteria, mamba venom, and cholera bacteria. A wide variety of foodstuffs, beverages, household items, and cigarettes were contaminated with these poisons.
Methods of delivery included turning rings, screwdrivers, walking sticks, and umbrellas into assassination devices by adding poison compartments and injectors and firing mechanisms for poisoned pellets. As we can all see the true world of James Bond really does exist. It is also interesting to note that the evil regime that existed at the time also intended to create a "Black only Bomb" which would specifically target the black populations of South Africa. This bomb would directly attack their genetics with the minimum result of making black Africans sterile etc.
Before moving onto the nuclear industry in South Africa we should also mention Dr. David Kelly British arms inspector and micro biologist, Dr. Kelly, has always been linked to the fact he knew too much about the illegal arms trade to the Middle East, including the real story about WMD in Iraq. Although the official story of his 2003 death tells a tale of suicide, many observers close to the case claim Dr. Kelly was anything but suicidal. They also contend the follow-up investigation was appalling, claiming the Hutton Commission set up by the British Parliament to investigate Dr. Kelly's death covered up important facts that would have implicated high-ranking British and American officials.
It is believed that Dr. Kelly knew all about the "Black only Bomb" as well as missing nuclear weapons which we will talk about after this segment covering CBW. It would appear that he may have been assigned to look into some aspects of the above by both Maggie Thatcher and John Major and therefore his implication would have put two very senior politicians in the firing line had he divulged this knowledge to the media or in his book. It is also believed that Dick Cheney was also clearly disturbed that Dr. Kelly could spill the beans on all of the above as well as information concerning missing nuclear weapons. At the time of his assassination Tony Blair just happened to be in the United States and was awarded a Gold Medal but never received it.......maybe because it was tainted with blood!
Dr Kelly had really gone through a very rough patch with the British political elite and many people in high places were aware that he could spill the beans on dangerous and deadly secrets that could topple governments, especially the CBW programme in South Africa to which Thatcher was privy. Biological weapons research continues today and remains a subject one cannot talk about. The 2001 Anthrax attacks in the US proved that the programme was still very much alive. Obviously all of the above implicated the USA and big cover-ups were made by the FBI.
It must be clearly understand that Maggie Thatcher and certain members of the Conservative were not only aware but also supported the "Black only Bomb" and were also involved in many other under the radar operations. There existed an under the table illegal arms trade which at the time amounted to around 55 million pounds (as a starter). Money would flow from government sources to the arms dealers for weapons provided to both Iran and Iraq. One can clearly see this is not only an extremely two faced approach but also a clear case of "You reap in the harvest of your own making".
Now we come to the establishment of the South African Nuclear Industry that managed to make 10 nuclear weapons without the United Nations ever finding out. Needless to say the US and UK Government certainly knew about them but not the United Nations. I find it amazing that David Cameron and others travelled to South Africa during the embargo period and not only violated international law but also violated international law in dealing with nuclear weapons that were not known to the UN. Perhaps we could give a clue as to who else became involved in this masquerade......one of them had the initials DW and another person involved is a Knight with the initials of KW.
So what was this shonky deal that took place whilst the United Nations was sleeping and involved the South African Government, the US Government and the UK Government and dare I say the Israeli Government? Let's again re visit the nuclear research programme that went a bit too far....thanks to all of the above.
It is believed that South Africa started its weapons nuclear research programme as early at 1973. It wasn't until 1977 that the Atomic Energy Board completed manufacture of South Africa's first full-scale nuclear explosive device based on a gun-type design. It was with the help of Israelis that South Africa achieved it first success when on 22 September 1979, a U.S. Vela surveillance satellite detected a distinct light event off of Africa's southern coast and this was believe to be the first test of a nuclear bomb. South Africa in actual fact designed and built a total of 10 fully operational weapons, ready for use! One can clearly see that this left only 9 weapons in the stockpile.
In August 1988, Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha, the South African foreign minister, announced that his nation had "the capability to make one [a nuclear weapon]" should it want to do so. A month later, in September 1988, South Africa sent a letter to IAEA Director General Hans Blix expressing willingness to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if certain conditions were met, primarily that South Africa be allowed to market its uranium subject to IAEA safeguards. Less than two years later, the de Klerk government terminated the nuclear weapons program. All nuclear devices were dismantled and destroyed........let me just hold it there one minute and clarify what was said in this paragraph "That in less than two years all nuclear devices were dismantled and destroyed....... This was not the case!!
In 1989 David Cameron and others went down to South Africa to carry out some sinister plan that resulted in only 6 operational nuclear weapons going back to the US for de commissioning.The other three were to be purchased by the British Government as a standby mechanism against Saddam. Remember this is all under the radar of the United Nations!
So who was involved in this under the table deal, who paid for them and where did they go? Did anyone in the UK receive a significant party donation and if so whom and by what amount? Did other leaders get to know about this and was their palms brushed? The answer is simply "Yes" and those two leaders were Tony Blair and Gordon Brown......stay tuned for more clever 007 stuff.
Peter Eyre - Middle East Consultant - 3/2/2010
The US and UK lost three nuclear weapons each (Part 3)
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UK, March 5, 2010 (Pal Telegraph; commentary by Peter Eyre) - The US and UK lost three nuclear weapons each (Part 3):What went missing on Prime Minister Thatcher's watch?
As discussed in Part 2 of this series, many countries have been involved in extremely disturbing activities, spearheaded by certain leaders and their senior staff members. They left a trail of unbelievable corruption and gross neglect, without any apparent concern for the consequences of their actions.
Let's revisit the circumstances surrounding the deal between the UK government under Maggie Thatcher, David Cameron (leader of the UK's Conservative Party) and his entourage, the South African government and the ruthless arms dealers. I would also like you to keep in mind the connection between the missing U.S. nuclear missiles and the same questionable dealers.
As a reminder, there were originally 10 nuclear weapons; out of this batch, one was tested, leaving nine weapons in total. David Cameron went to South Africa in 1989 to investigate many aspects of the WMD program. At the same time, Dr. David Kelly (British UN weapons inspector) was very much involved in looking for chemical and biological weapons, having made several visits to his South African counterparts. He was also knowledgeable about the weapons smuggling loop that existed in Africa at the time. This also gave him access to the nuclear weapons proliferation program in South Africa, especially nuclear bombs assembled with the help of Israeli nuclear scientists at the covert South African nuclear weapons facility at Pelindaba, near Pretoria. Later in this article, it will be documented how Dr. Kelly became involved in the nuke transfer deal.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors visited Pelindaba and the Advena nuclear facility, built by the state-owned Armaments Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR), in 1990 and 1991. They were tricked into believing that South Africa's nuclear weapons had all been dismantled by the outgoing apartheid regime. However, what they didn't know is that after they had left South Africa, activities continued as usual. I repeat that both the U.S. and UK governments were very much aware of the existence of these weapons, with Maggie Thatcher rubbing her hands together in glee at the thought of receiving a significant contribution to party funds........David Cameron and his sidekicks also were very much part of these shady goings on!
Now we come to issue of how the weapons were transported out of South Africa and where they ended up. Let me remind you that we are talking about three armed, ready-to-use nuclear bombs, courtesy of Israeli technicians. We can then discuss who was involved, how the payments were made and the disappearance of the guilty parties.
The plan was originally to re-locate these weapons to some remote railway sidings and then load them into three standard, 20-foot ISO containers (one bomb per container) and export them with a false manifest listing them as metal cylinders. The main players were a British company called Astra and a South African company named ARMSCOR. At the government level, they dealt primarily with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), funded by the Ministry of Defense. This alone gives some indication as to why this deal became so very special and confidential. One must also consider the middleman in the deal, who brought all the parties together to get the job done. To name names, obviously the "Iron Lady" was right in there, and also her son Mark Thatcher. Then we have David Cameron and that illustrious man with the initials KW who accompanied him to South Africa. The middleman and notorious arms dealer was John Bredenkemp. We also have to add John Major into the story, since he also became part of the deal.
In order to keep the deal out of Parliament and out of the public domain, Maggie Thatcher was asked to sign off on the purchase of these weapons under an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) in which they were listed as metal cylinders, not nuclear bombs. This was done completely under the table, unknown to anyone else outside the inner circle. This document was signed before she left office in late 1990.
Once the weapons left South African soil, the British government reimbursed ARMSCOR (the South African arms trading company), Astra (the British arms company) and the middleman (John Bredenkemp), compliments of the British taxpayer.
It should be noted that ARMSCOR has now split and the arms side has now become a company called Denel (Pty) Ltd. However, they work together. ARMSCOR advertises itself as the "Gateway to Defense Solutions," and Denel has branched out into a diverse empire including aviation, weapons systems, etc.
So to recap: There were nine nuclear weapons in transit to Chicago, and three of those were to be used as a standby weapon for the Gulf War, These three were sent for storage to Oman, where Dr. Kelly planned to conduct an inspection. Upon completion of the deal, the money would be paid to all those involved.
You must understand that this deal was processed via the private sector, which is difficult to believe once you fully understand the implications of buying, selling and shipping ready-to-use nuclear weapons! In this case, three South African nuclear weapons were sold to "private investors."
These containers were specially adapted to carry the highly mobile weapons to a private storage facility in Oman for safekeeping. The containers had a special seal on the lock of the rear door of each container, along with a temperature gauge in the front that was connected to the core of the bombs to prevent them from overheating.
The nuclear smuggling operations involved top members of the British Conservative Party, including individuals close to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, her son Mark and -- at a later date -- other members of the Labour Party. Both parties received an increase in funds, with the Conservatives taking a massive share. Keep in mind that their presence in South Africa was totally in violation of the embargo and the Nuclear Explosions Act.
As for John Bredenkemp, one cannot even attempt to calculate how much money he made. However, as would be expected, this money was very quickly converted to gold bullion, totaling many kilos.
I will next look at what happened to these weapons once they were stored in Oman, and how the British taxpayer donated money for a very unprofessional operation that was a failure from the outset. Needless to say, the nukes all disappeared and one can clearly see that indirectly, taxpayers' money ended up in the political funds of both the Labour Party and Conservative parties.
Many investigations have taken place since this event, all of which involved Jonathan Aitken, a Tory Party defense minister; Gerald Bull, a Canadian who worked with Saddam Hussein; Gerald James, chairman of Astra; and others. It became apparent just how sensitive the situation was when Alan Clark, DTI minister, became involved, as did Sir Ken Warren, chairman of Trade and Industry. The spider web certainly caught Tony Blair, with his connections to Bernie Eccelstone, who contributed £1 million to the Labour Party disguised as a donation from the tobacco industry (in fact, it was clearly from the gun-running episode).
Upon becoming Prime Minister in 1997, Tony Blair tried unsuccessfully to return the money to Ecclestone. However, his donation was only a fraction of what the Tory Party received. All in all, taxpayers' money was fuelling the arms trade to both Iraq and Iran with the British government the primary engine. It is clear that both parties were playing the same game and the end result was that these weapons were used against our own forces. This same situation occurs frequently around the world.
This week we will see the commencement of the Iraq inquiry: another waste of taxpayers' money. Will it bear fruit? I don't think so!
What we have to remember is that both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown summoned Maggie Thatcher to a meeting after taking office, and one can assume that the missing nuke played a major role. That is why this new inquiry most likely failed before it even started, like all the others. The period of investigation does not go back far enough for it to be reveal the real truth.
To date, there have been two assassinations: that of Gerald Bull, who was killed by Mossad in Brussels in 1990, and that of our own dear Dr. David Kelly. Alan Clarke died of a brain tumor in 1999, leaving only Gerald James. The latter had a brush with death at the end of last year, when one of his relatives was killed instead (purely by accident). When one looks at such incidents as the Matrix Churchill arms smuggling scandal, you can clearly see how such inquiries fail. It is interesting to see such people as Ken Macdonald - who also happens to be a partner with Cheryl Blair -- become involved in the Matrix Chambers scandal. We will have to see what Brown churns up tomorrow. This could be a make-or-break opportunity for him. But don't hold your breath!
Stay tuned for the final installment (Part 4) of this series.
Peter Eyre - Middle East Corresponden
The US and UK lost three nuclear weapons each! - Part 4
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UK, March 6, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) -The US and UK lost three nuclear weapons each! Part 4 - What went missing on Prime Minister Thatcher's Watch?
I have already discussed in Part 3 of this series how the British Government manage d to acquire 3 ready- to- use nuclear bombs from Pelindaba under the nose of the United Nations. These three nukes were part of a total consignment of 9 that were destined to travel from South Africa to Chicago in the US. It became apparent that Maggie Thatcher had made an arrangement with the Government of South Africa and the United Station for three of these be acquired and shipped to Oman for storage. The main purpose was to have these weapons on stand-by for possible use on Iraq.
These weapons were then shipped in standard 20 foot containers and manifested as metal cylinders and not nuclear weapons. This would have been in violation of international regulations regarding the shipment of dangerous good. The weapons were then placed into private storage in Oman and left for Dr.David Kelly to carry out an inspection in order to accept the consignment prior to final payment. Dr David Kelly was the only person in mainstream UK MOD tasked with being in the loop for that covert offshore procurement of battlefield nukes from Apartheid South Africa.
Dr Kelly did carry out that inspection and final payment was made by the British Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) using money from the Ministry of Defence (MOD). This process was a direct breach of normal protocol in the purchase of munitions, even more so with the fact that this was money being paid to the private sector.
Sometime after Dr Kelly had inspected the three weapons they apparently went missing. It became apparent that when these weapons were no longer required they continued on their journey to Chicago and when the containers were offloaded and checked, it was found to contain only concrete and not bombs! So what happened to the security system for looking after such dangerous weapons and how did the switch take place?
It would appear that three trucks with containers onboard left the private storage facility and were replaced with three trucks and containers that only contained concrete. We must fully understand that these operational nuclear weapons were highly mobile and did not present any problem. It became apparent that these weapons did in actual fact end up in Iraq and it was believed that this formed part of the final intelligence brief leading up to the war.
Prior to the outbreak of the war these three weapons were transported to Syria in three separate ambulances as they were extremely mobile (as we have already discussed). What happened to these weapons after that is anyone's guess but one could associate an attack by the Israeli Air Force on the Syrian Nuclear Facilities in 2007 a possible clue.
What did transpire after the war was that the British Government found out that these weapons had in actual fact left Iraq prior to the war but did not reveal this to the rest of the world. Likewise both the US and UK kept this entire fiasco top secret from the eyes of the United Nations and their respective media etc.
Before looking into who knew what and who received what let's just make it clear that this war in Iraq had a main focus of establishing a regime change. It was Bush's intention right from the onset and Tony Blair was very much aware of the US stance and also agreed with it. The Secret Downing Street Memo proved beyond a shadow of doubt that whatever the outcome the US and UK would end up going for the final option of a regime change.
Finally we come to the question of how much money was placed into the Conservative Party Funds for their 1992 election campaign (as a direct result of this nuke deal). We already know that Tony Blair got a 1 million pound bonus which was disguised as a donation from the tobacco industry but what about the Tory Party?
Tory funding of their 1992 General Election Campaign -
Origins of Mystery Donation of £17.8 millions:
If we can recall HANSARD 22nd June 1993 we can find the following:
Column 197
Mr. Hoyle: If the hon. Gentleman will allow me, I shall tell him what information is now given to us. We understand the expenditure and what Tory central office receives. In 1992, central office received £20.7 million. When we asked about that and about company donations, the Tory party told us to look at company accounts.
I repeat: in 1992, the Tories received £20.7 million. When the records were checked by Companies house, only £2.9 million was shown in company accounts. That means that there is a deficit of £17.8 million. We want to know where that £17.8 million came from.
It is very clear where this money came from as well as the token offer given to Blair.
Right from the onset a small group of people in both the US and UK knew of this deal and how the weapons that the British Taxpayer had paid for had gone missing. On this side of the Pond we can be rest assured that the following people knew: Thatcher (Mother and Son Mark), David Cameron, the nobleman with the initials of KW, John Major and his senior guys. On the Labour Party side of the fence it would have been Tony Blair and his close team followed by Gordon Brown. As we already know Thatcher put in an appearance at Number 10 Downing Street when they both came into office.....once can assume it was not to congratulate them!
We now have to ask some serious questions......did we go to war for these weapons (WMD) and if so then all those involved in this charade must be guilty of not only gross neglect but also for the unnecessary lost of millions of people(Including troops). Everyone knows the money is blood money and everyone knows that nothing will be done about this incident. How can we truly vote for any of these monsters who knew an awful lot but kept it to themselves? What we can see here is the fact that the tax payers money was not only totally abused, but some of it ended up in the party fund election drive. How corrupt can one become?
It was interesting to hear the reason for David Cameron going to South Africa. His office insisted the visit by the 23-year-old future leader was a "fact-finding mission" that took place 20 years ago, and the Thatcher government was opposed to sanctions against South Africa at the time. I think we can assume it was to do with the "Nuke Deal" before the regime change and also to raise money for party funds!
Perhaps when you vote next time you will hesitate before ticking the box?
Peter Eyre - Middle East Consultant - 5/3/2010
