Dear President Ahtisaari,
I had the pleasure of meeting you on a number of occasions over the years, including when I was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, and I recall your genuine concern for democracy and human rights in a region where they are sadly neglected.
Like a great many people in Scotland I was shocked that CMI is employing Jim Murphy. Of course, in a democracy there are always losers as well as winners in elections, and both are genuine and valid participants in public life. It is not the fact that CMI employs a politician who has been so recently, comprehensively and humiliatingly rejected by his national electorate that will do any damage to CMI. In a sense I think it does you credit.
What shocks many people here is that Mr Murphy is by any standards a dedicated warmonger. He was a major and important proponent of the invasion of Iraq, and is the strongest of supporters of the massive increase of Britain’s nuclear arsenal, in breach of the Non Proliferation Treaty.
Mr Murphy is a member of the Henry Jackson Society, which as you know is a body which exists to promote United States neo-conservative foreign policy in its most aggressive sense, and openly and actively supports and condones extraordinary rendition and the use of torture by the CIA. It has supported every single military action by the USA since its formation, and defends United States exceptionalism in international law, including US non-membership of the International Criminal Court.
Mr Murphy’s belief set is therefore fundamentally at odds with the stated aims of CMI. Indeed, his employment by you can only lead to the suspicion that CMI’s stated objectives are not its real objectives, and that like Mr Murphy and the Henry Jackson Society your overriding goal in the regions where you operate is to promote the interests of the United States.
As you are funded by charitable donations and by governments, I think some explanation of your employment of Mr Murphy is in order, particularly when you have employed him as a conflict resolution expert in the Caucasus and Central Asia when he has no relevant experience of conflict resolution at all, virtually none of the Caucasus, and absolutely none of Central Asia.
I was the Head of the UK Delegation that negotiated the Sierra Leone Peace Treaty, and certainly under no circumstances would I let Jim Murphy anywhere near that kind of negotiation.
With All Best Wishes,
Amb (rtd.) Craig Murray
Well said Craig!
Truly brilliant
Do you own a hammer?em Yes
So sick of these Establishment lackeys playin the “Uk faces an unprecedented existential threat” bollocks.
Over 15 years now and a conveniently spectral shifting ephemeral “enemy”
The War On Terror is a worldwide lie.
The Truth is these bastards are are at war with their own people and this is the bullshit figleaf tbey employ to subjugate us all.
Murphy is in the past and of the past. He is an old bone after the local strays have all had a go at, and discarded it, pass it now without a perceptible sniff. Does anyone seriously think he’ll stand, with all the dogged determination of the novelty candidate he is, for Holyrood in 2016, it works for Wullie Dreary, but for Sunless Southside poor showman Jim there’s no chance. The Slabber prole-powered gravy train “Glasgow Belongs To We” overheated nearing Hillington, parts of a burst boiler were found to the east of Paisley, there was no way then it could try climb the awesome Yes mountain ahead, it rolled backwards, was seen hurtling through Con Junction, a frantic red-faced Jim at the controls, alternately hanging out the window yelling something indeterminate, sounding like or rhyming with “get to Barshaw Park” and pressing all the wrong buttons, pulling all the wrong levers in panic, brakes gone, the thing quite beyond recovery. Next stop, last stop was Tory Canyon, the buffers at Largs, and then the sea. He must have swam ashore, faked his demise. Who knows where the man who was Jim Murphy could surface next? Most don’t care, but for those who think they’ve seen him, or live in fear, there ought to be a helpline you can call.
Ever since the Peace Corps was rumbled they have had to invent CMI/MSF/IRCs to take its place. There are two requirements for a millibands sinecure there, 1) you have to have served the devils well (eg rigging the indie vote) and 2) they have to have a life-long grip over you (eg a prediliction for buggering boys).
Murphy must be well qualified to receive a nod from a Kissinger or Ahtisaari usually at the top.
Who knows where the man who was Jim Murphy could surface next?
It Wont be at Largs Tony..Even the Vikings Knew Better….:)
Forgot the ” s For Tony’s Comments Fixed YA
Which reminds me of writing Styles.. few of us rebels Afeet….. Anymore
OT but topical and very urgent http://journal-neo.org/2015/11/09/the-crash-coming-into-focus-hebdo-and-much-more/
Yet another subverted irreversibly compromised NGO like the Nobel Peace Prize committee corrupted by the political right, hideous Amnesty with its revolving door leadership for creepy US Democrat neocons or PEN similarly infested with recycled warmongers and imperial apologists. The authentic NGOs are those that get attacked by the powerful eg Greenpeace currently fighting to remain in India or MSF who get murdered outright by the USA now.
To the GD analysis – add the ludicrous Thompson “missed” missile spin and the “intercepted” 8200 faked Syria ISIL “allahakbar” congratulations in English regional accents from Raqqa to ISIL Bedouin rag-heads in the Sinai?!! Was it the project satanyahu had come to finalise with Lord Astors son-in-law at Downing Street? Its pure geopolitical theatre, what will the Russians do now?
And i Own A VERY Expensive.. Katana
Can i use it No
Even against israeli Evil…….. These Cnuts need Sorted
What is disturbing about this is that the people of Scotland rejected Murphy and all that he he stands for in a democratic election. Scotland believes that Murphy is not fit to hold high office. In this I disagree with you Craig, I don’t believe that Murphy should be participating in such a high prophile public role.
CMI disagree with the verdict of the Scottish electorate.
They give Murphy a high profile job. They are basically sticking two fingers up to the Scottish electorate.
If Murphy had been employed by an arms dealership I would not have been surprised as he is more suited to that role.
From a purely employment point of view Murphy is a square piece in a round hole.
But it does show that the UK elite are incredibly well connected.
Murphy deserves to have a new career like everyone else but with his appointment to this role with CMI satire finally died a death.
Giving Goose…
Jesting on some things are ok… Get yirself off Msm And see the Daily Murders Of Children, AND Women, In Palestine.. I can’t Put all the Videos on Craig’s
Which Murphy Stands for ..i mean to say… Murderous Bassturd
The National Paper By the way Fool Most
The second post in and here we are with the Zionist kick again (from Nevermind this time):
“‘Impartiality’ a main goal for CMI…. from Murphy? he’s about as partial to his Zionist masters, as a cow is to grass.”.
Sadly typical for too many on this blog.
Mary snorts
“Unlucky Jim did not hang about did he?
If these CMI people had directed him to the Middle East instead of Central Asia, he could have made use of all his useful contacts in Israel resulting from his long association with Labour Friends of Israel.
‘”I was a friend of Israel before I became a member of Parliament and I will be afterwards. It’s a life-long commitment to the idea and to the democracy of Israel,” he said.’
Democracy! Laugh out loud and long.”
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There are many who find that fact that Israel is the only functioning democracy in the Middle East no laughing matter but rather sad.
Echoes of the Gould-Werrity situation. Gould to oversee ‘cyber security’ for the Cabinet and of course insecurity too through snooping. No doubt a few Israeli techs might also be brought onside, who we recall of course being intimately involved in similar work in America and elsewhere*
http://www.globalresearch.ca/look-whos-in-charge-of-uk-government-cyber-security/5487359
* http://www.wired.com/2012/04/shady-companies-nsa/all/1
One zionist kick per minute would not be enough to kick all the zionist’s masquerading as democratically elected representatives, party politicians that have sold their soul.
And so have you socket, you are a slave to their ruthless machinations, an apologist to their violence against children and peaceful civilians, a supporter of Apartheid, you are Murphy’s best mate, Habby!
The Hasbara troll is working his way through a list of verbs…. trumpets…chokes…. etc and now snorts. LOL I would leave that for use with Cameron and Pig Gate.
The only democracy’s latest performance.
IOP headlines for 05 November 2015:
Israeli Navy opens fire on Palestinian fishing boats
4 Palestinian minors wounded in Israeli Army attack in Hebron
Israeli Army fire wounds 7 people in Tulkarem – youngster suffers critical eye injury
Israeli Army assault on school -hospitalises 4 Palestinian schoolgirls
Israeli soldiers terrorise 11-year-old boy
Israeli Army exercises force 13 Palestinian families from their homes
Israeli troops take prisoner 3 Palestinian olive harvesters while at work
Night peace disruption and/or home invasions in 3 refugee camps and 12 towns and villages
5 attacks (1 Israeli ceasefire violation)
24 raids including home invasions
1 beaten – 1 dead – 16 injured
6 abducted (1 girl aged 15 and 5 boys aged 16 to 17)
4 acts of agricultural/economic sabotage
33 taken prisoner – 19 detained – 117 restrictions of movement
http://palestine.org.nz/phrc/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2946&Itemid=44
And back to the Satanic Scourge’s cruel murders on the Mavi Marmara.
Ehud Barak accused of war crime for his involvement in Mavi Marmara murders
How a High Dollar Speech Sends a former Israeli PM to US Federal Court on Claims of War Crimes
Ann Wright / Foreign Policy Journal
Ehud Barak has been accused of war crimes for his involvement in the murders of ten passengers on the Mavi Marmara in the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla.
/..
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2015/10/26/how-a-high-dollar-speech-sends-a-former-israeli-prime-minister-to-us-federal-court-on-claims-of-war-crimes/
‘Serving legal documents on high visibility persons who have been involved in international criminal acts is very difficult. However, the temptation of large honoraria for speeches in the United States tripped up a former Israeli Prime Minister who has been accused of war crimes for his involvement in the murders of ten passengers (nine were killed immediately and a seriously wounded passenger died after being in a coma for several years) on the Mavi Marmara in the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla.
In a telephone press conference on October 21, the international legal team that filed the lawsuit against former Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak described how “legal process service” or official notification of a legal claim filed against him was done. The legal team knew Barak would be in Southern California giving three talks as a part of the Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California and hired a commercial “certified process server” to deliver the court documents to Barak.’
Thanks for that excellent news, Mary, lets hope that Ehud Barak’s ‘lead part’ in this murder charge does not disappear in the judicial long grass.
You will let us know if you ever get an answer?
Well, my comment about Israel being the only functioning democracy in the Middle East certainly got Mary annoyed, didn’t it!
The truth hurts.
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Judging by his vulgar rant at 10h14~, Nebel-mind is upset that I called him out for irrelevantly raising Zionism in the second comment on this thread.
He obviously doesn’t like being called out.
There is nothing irrelevant about Zionism and Murphies long tounge up its backside, Habby.
Murphy is more friendly to Zionists who occupy Palestine than he is to those who once voted for him, or his Labour roots.
I’d love to hear a chat between Mhairi Black and this awful creature, she has more Labour in her than he could ever project.
Its the Wolverhampton ‘safer city for adults panel meeting tonight at 5pm for you, Habby, no doubt you can spread your ego there chump.
Agent Cameron did NOT like being heckled one bit at the CBI gathering ie conference of the gangsters-in-charge.
PM Heckled By Teens Who Tricked Their Way In
The 19-year-olds tell Sky News the Vote Leave anti-EU campaign set up a fake firm to smuggle them into a speech to confront PM.
http://news.sky.com/story/1584149/pm-heckled-by-teens-who-tricked-their-way-in
videos included
The ‘trick’ by these articulate students (note the implication in the Sky headline that they were ‘teenagers’ ie aged 13 or 14 ??) was to form a company and obtain passes. Loving it.
CBI President Paul Drechsler
http://news.cbi.org.uk/about/meet-the-senior-team/paul-drechsler-cbe/
now Bibby Shipping, ex Wates and ICI.
Wates = Tory donors £375,000
Through company
James Wates Chairman of Wates construction company
Awarded a CBE in 2012
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2015/apr/01/tory-100-industry-captains-party-donors-tax-avoiders
Combat cant
oh dear, Ziostan’s CIAda/ Queenida regiments in Syria / Daesh have been routed by Russian bombs, half of them surrendering to Iraqi forces and the other half running away to Herr Dog Nazi Erdogan.
You are yesterday’s flavour batman.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/11/09/the-nsa-school-how-the-intelligence-community-gets-smarter-secretly/
according to the Washington Post today, “the NSA is the Washington region’s largest employer” tho’ that doesn’t include those ‘off-budget’ or who work for free (just don’t publish the photos!)
The Guardian has a different slant, a new film about the NSA reveals waste, failure, incompetence, arrogance, greed, cover-ups
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/09/a-good-american-review-nsa-whistleblower-william-binney-911-world-trade-centre