Vince Cable gave 'contradictory evidence' about export of chemicals to Syria, MPs say
Source: The Independent
Business Secretary Vince Cable has been accused of providing contradictory evidence to MPs on whether Britain allowed the export of chemicals to Syria which could be used in the production of nerve gas.
The deputy Liberal Democrat leader is being asked to explain why he wrote to Parliament earlier this year indicating that at least part of a shipment of potassium fluoride and sodium fluoride approved for export by a British company had been sent to the war-torn country last year.
When the existence of the two export licences granted for six months last January, while the conflict in Syria was already raging, was revealed earlier this month, Mr Cable’s department and Downing Street insisted that none of the consignment, worth some £20,000, had been shipped to the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
But MPs on the Commons’ select committee on arms export controls pointed to previous testimony from Mr Cable which stated “there were some goods remaining to be exported” under the licences and explaining there was no data to show just how much “had already been shipped”.
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But MPs on the Commons’ select committee on arms export controls pointed to previous testimony from Mr Cable which stated “there were some goods remaining to be exported” under the licences and explaining there was no data to show just how much “had already been shipped”.
And as I pointed out yesterday, there is something hinky going on & I stand by that assessment. Today I will add, that I think Mr. Cable is a liar.
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...takes the weirdest twists and turns. It's almost never a pretty thing to watch, but almost always interesting, in a passing-by-a-head-on-collision sort of way.
But when you stand back and look at it, it all makes sense. I mean if you're going to stage a Syrian government gas attack, you have to have real gas and kill real people. Otherwise no one will believe your evidence. It's all about the pretext people. Nothing else.
- Once they have the pretext that's all they need, they'll take it from there......
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