Dear Netters:
The Independent today (16 Aug.2011) begins with an ‘exclusive’ by
Jerome Tailor. The article is headlined:UK banks fund deadly
cluster-bomb industry. State-owned RBS among those putting millions
into manufacturers.
I reproduce the first three paragraphs:
“British High-street banks, including two institutions that were bailed
out by taxpayers, are investing hundreds of millions of pounds in
companies that manufacture cluster bombs – despite a growing global ban
outlawing the production and trade of the weapons.
The Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB, Barclays and HSBC have all
provided funding to the makers of cluster bombs, even as international
opinion turns against a weapons system that is inherently
indiscriminate and routinely maims or kills civilians.” The article
also tells in pictures how these are manufactured.
It is “The shame of Britain’s biggest banks” concludes another leading
article
The Amnesty urges British banks to stop pouring money in this way. The
full article with illustrations can be linked through Google
-bhuban
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