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Australian Arms – Out of control #AusArmsControl

Wage Peace Action Update December, 2019

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#StopArmingSaudi July, 2019

Australian weapons sales are in the news again. ABC, July 25 2019.

We really should stop arming Saudi and UAE – both members of the US-Saudi Coalition bombing Yemen.

The story is complex. Communities beyond ABC-SBS audiences deserve to know what is happening.

Here’s our take:

I'm General Asiri

Saudi Arabia thanks australia

We hope you will download these pics and info, repost and write about the story – to help more people access the information.

We Want YOU to Retell the Story

Australia subsidises and facilitates weapons sales to the Saudi Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and to the UAE.

The Saudi MOI is like our own militarised Home Affairs. It includes special forces and the “Saudi CIA”.

The Saudis ‘promise’ those weapons are not used in Yemen. But there is no verification process: It’s just ‘asserted’ by defence bureaucrats (see Parliamentary record below).

There are no boundaries in modern militarisation. ‘Special’ security forces move between external military operations and domestic operations: “home affairs”.

  • The Saudis use knives against journalists in foreign countries. And Australia has done nothing. Khashoggi spoke out against War Crimes in Yemen.
  • Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Italy have banned weapons sales to Saudi Arabia.
  • The UK Government suspended weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, when they were found to have failed to fully assess the risk of human rights violations.
  • Share this petition – widely – and sign if you have not already done so.
  • And retell the story in your own words and using our slides. It’s time to take it further.

Formation of Australian Arms Control Coalition

Wage Peace and IPAN have joined with Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, Save the Children and other civil society groups in a new Australian Arms Control Coalition (AACC) #AusArmsControl to #StopArmingSaudi.

Members of the Coalition (AACC) are researching and questioning that the Government has no transparent processes for assessment. That the #ArmsTradeTreaty has no teeth and is systematically undermined for profit.

Where to from here? We’d love to hear your thinking.

EOS is an ASX listed company that sells to the Saudis. EOS has a factory filled with engineers and manufacturers in Canberra. Labor ex-Senator Kate Lundy is on the board. She pushes weapons development across the country for ACT Defence. Code word: “innovation“. 

We know the board member and major investor ‘Fred Bart’ is a former professional poker player involved in dodgy deals… Google him.

A lot of the workers of EOS are on LinkedIn. We know the shipments go from Sydney airport. We know which logistics company. 

The Defence Minister, a Brigadier was on the board of Raytheon, an arms company. Reynolds has made it into the inner echelons of state power. We don’t think she is a helpful target at this point.

We know that many institutions including the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine in Melbourne are taking money from Saudi Arabia for “scholarships” – including for the man who actually appeared to butcher Khashoggi.

We’d love your help to stop arming Saudi and UAE. What targets takes your fancy? We might call you soon to ask what you think.

Contact us and stay in touch. 0403214422

Yours sincerely,

Denis Doherty (ABCC) with Margaret Pestorius (Wage Peace)

Sign to say NO to Aussie arms sales

Join the vigil and challenge EOS

Every second Thursday at their Sydney office: 75 Elizabeth St, Sydney. 11am-12midday.

The other tenants really don’t like having an arms trader in the building!AntiBases EOS action


November 2019 – Australians take action

 

References

General Asiri (Wikipedia) 

Ministry of Interior (MOI) Blobapsecurity.org

The Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi (Wikipedia) 

Australia is facilitating and subsidising weapons deals in Saudi and UAE (Feb 2019) Dylan Welsh ABC

Marise Payne (July 2019) condemns murder of Khashoggi but does NOTHING to sanction Saudis 

Di Natale questions Defence officials in Senate Estimates October 2018 

Forensic Doctor trained in Australia apparently involved in Khashoggi murder

#StopArmingSaudi Petition

Christopher Pyne Spruiks Aussie Arms To Saudi Arabia
Christopher Pyne Spruiks Aussie Arms To Saudi Arabia As UN Warns Of Impending Yemen Famine  NEW MATILDA November 13, 2017

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