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Thought for the week: Tim Gee refuses to have his arms twisted

by Tim Gee 16th August 2019

The world’s largest arms fair, Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI), returns to east London this September. As usual, peace activists will attend outside to bear witness. My first arms fair protest was in 2003, not long after the invasion of Iraq. Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction turned out to be non-existent, but it had become impossible to ignore the very real weapons being provided to governments around the world, facilitated by the UK. Among the countries invited that year was the USA, which had recently killed so many. Also on the invite list were Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and even Syria.