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Arms firm support for University College London institution rapped

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Philippe Sands QC, professor of law at UCL, raised questions about the support provided for the Institute for Security and Resilience Studies (ISRS) by Ultra Electronics, which is set up by Labour’s former home and defence secretary John Reid, The Guardian reported.

“It does look like a bit of a throwback to the Bush years. It’s right that UCL should be a broad church, but there must be real openness to a range of views and perspectives, real transparency about funding sources, and real academic activity. Otherwise it will be seen as little more than a front offering a patina of academic respectability to one set of views,” Sands said.

This summer, as part of a $2 million contract, Ultra delivered fuel cells to the US military for its deadly drones.

The ISRS, whose inaugural conference was addressed behind closed doors last month by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has an 11-person “advisory board”, that includes arms manufacturers and politicians who are accused of promoting an illegal war against Iraq.

Earlier in November, anti-war campaigners took part in a demonstration called “War criminals & arms dealers out of our universities”, which was held against ex-UK Prime Minister’s invitation as a speaker to the conference of the UCL ISRS.

Britain’s former Labour leader is globally discredited for his war crimes, as in his 10 years as Prime Minister, hundreds of thousands were killed and injured in illegal interventions, and hundreds of thousands more were made refugees.

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December 27, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized