maandag 25 december 2017

Week 51 in #wapenhandel25tweets

(Gaarne 'liken' of delen als je het nuttig of interessant vindt.)

Onder de volgende tekst – waarin één of meer tweets zijn verwerkt
 – staan de 25 tweets van deze week.

“Ik geloof niet in deze roes, ik geloof niet dat er uit dood en bloed iets moois geboren zal worden en dat bloedvergieten de beschaving kan redden. Wij hebben een ondragelijk gewicht op onze schouders geladen en moeten oppassen dat we ons niet dodelijk vertillen.”
Overdenking bij het begin van de Eerste Wereldoorlog in De Romantici door Konstantin Paustovski.
Gisterenavond vertelde gastheer Tom Egberts in Studio Voetbal een geïsoleerd verhaal over de populariteit van vrouwenvoetbal vlak na die oorlog. Vrouwen die na afloop weer snel de hoofdvelden moesten verlaten (zoals ook vele andere delen van de maatschappij die weer mannenbolwerken moesten worden).


Voetbal en de Eerste Wereldoorlog het brengt ook de verbroedering tussen de twee kanten aan de vooravond van Kerst 1914 boven. Er wordt verhaald over een partij tussen de loopgraven. Daarna werd dergelijke verbroedering verboden. Het bleef voorkomen, maar wie betrapt werd op vriendschap over de scheidslijnen heen werd in dienst van het Vaderland gefusilleerd.

Nederland (zie ook 14, 17, 18)

1 – 181217: Q&A Dutch honorary consul was involved in selling software of thre firm Hacking Team to the government of Ecuador which may be used to silence against journalists, opposition activists and others. @swsjoerdsma #surveillancetechnology https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2017/12/18/beantwoording-kamervragen-over-nederlanders-die-probeerden-omstreden-spionagesoftware-te-verkopen-aan-ecuador

2 – 191217: Dutch arms smuggler and war criminal Guus Kouwenhoven gets strict bail. https://www.enca.com/south-africa/dutch-arms-smuggler-gets-strict-bail

3 – 201217: Selling information on how to control arms trade at Dutch military academy. NL MoD officials – Free admission.
Government officials of NATO-Plus allies – € 1,350.00 .
Commercial companies – € 2,450.00.

Anti Arms Trade Activists?


4 – 201217: #Jordan asked if more #Dutch #F16's will enter the market (in Dutch MoD magazine Materieelgezien,December 19, 2017). https://magazines.defensie.nl/materieelgezien/2017/09/04_overdracht-f-16s

EUROPA (zie ook 6)

5 – 201217: EU defense cooperation favors those who produce weapons [in Italian] La cooperazione di difesa UE favorisce chi produce armi https://www.dirittiglobali.it/2017/12/95959/ via @dirittiglobali

Duitsland

6 – 191217: Rheinmetall Chef Armin Papperger: Germany should make compromises with France on a EU arms export policy. "We cannot just stick to the German constitution" 

7 – 191217: Konflikte: Kirchen kritisieren milliardenschwere Rüstungsexporte Deutschlands Conflicts: German churches criticize German arms trade worth billions of euro's https://www.welt.de/newsticker/news1/article171706598/Konflikte-Kirchen-kritisieren-milliardenschwere-Ruestungsexporte-Deutschlands.html via @welt

8 – 191217: Waffen-Ausfuhr: Rüstungsexporte nach Saudi-Arabien brechen um die Hälfte ein. Für die Linke ist das immer noch viel zu viel. https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article171688249/Ruestungsexporte-nach-Saudi-Arabien-brechen-um-die-Haelfte-ein.html via @welt

Griekenland

9 – 201217: The Greek tradgedy on arms sales to Saudi's continues. Kotzias defends Kammenos over Saudi arms deal, FYROM name talks http://www.ekathimerini.com/224289/article/ekathimerini/news/kotzias-defends-kammenos-over-saudi-arms-deal-fyrom-name-talks

VK (zie 23)

Zweden

10 – 251217: After 23 years: Two get 2-year jail term in #India for cheating, forgery in trade deal with #Swedish #Bofors http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/after-23-years-two-get-2-year-jail-term-for-cheating-forgery-in-trade-deal-with-bofors/ via @IndianExpress

Zwitserland (zie 27)

REST VAN DE WERELD

Ecuador (zie 1)

Filipijnen

11 – 201217: #Philippine navy chief #Mercado relieved of duties because of row on combat management system for new #frigates build at #Hyundai. http://journalstar.com/news/world/philippine-navy-chief-relieved-due-to-reported-frigate-row/article_c24d6c3f-1bf5-5b11-9947-335eafdc7d40.html

Honduras (zie 13)
India (zie 10)
Indonesië (zie 17)

Israël

12 – 201217: Netanyahu heckled at Bible quiz over arms sales to rights abusers https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-heckled-at-bible-quiz-over-arms-sales-to-rights-abusers/ @timesofisrael

13 – 201217: Israeli lawyer demands Israel halts arms sales to #Honduras http://kron4.com/ap/israeli-lawyer-demands-israel-halts-arms-sales-to-honduras/ via @kron4news

Jordanië (zie 4)
Liberia (zie 2)

Litouwen

14 – 211217: #Vilkas/#Boxer Driver #Training Vehicles delivered for Lithuanian Armed Forces to develop skills of Lithuanian operators. 88 Vilkas/Boxer IFVs are expected to be delivered by 2021. #ARTEC

Marokko (zie 17)
Mexico (zie 17)

Oekraïne

15 – 211217: Heat up the cold war: US allowing #Ukraine to buy arms from US companies http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/20/politics/us-ukraine-weapons-export/index.html


Pakistan (zie 18)
Rusland (zie ook 16)
Saoedi-Arabië (zie 8, 9)
Zuid-Afrika (zie 2)
Zuid-Korea (zie 11)
Zwitserland (zie 27)

DEFENSIE-INDUSTRIE

Damen

17 – 191217: Derde en vierde blog van een serie over #Damen op Broekstukken.

18 – 211217: #Damen exports for #Pakistan no license but who expects it doesn't fit in the Dutch arms export policy will be dissapointed. In Dutch: Pakistan en Australië (deel 5 serie over scheepswerf http://broekstukken.blogspot.com/2017/12/pakistan-en-australie-deel-5-serie-over.html

WAPENS

Drones

19 – 201217: Trump administration want to amend #MTCR rules for #drone exports. If adopted most #drones used by the US military go from category-1 to category-2 resulting https://www.defensenews.com/air/2017/12/19/heres-how-the-trump-administration-could-make-it-easier-to-sell-military-drones/in less restrictions for exports.

20 – 211217: After a swarm of bees, wasps and drones, the next is a swarm of cruise missiles as part of current arms race. #Lockheed to develop ‘Gray Wolf’ cruise missile. http://aviationweek.com/defense/lockheed-develop-gray-wolf-cruise-missile via @aviationweek

Observatie technologie (IT) (zie 1)

OVERIG

Defensiebudget


21 – 211217: More isn't yet enough. New arms race instigated by US will lead to growing demands. This graph comes from Jane's Defence Weekly.

22 – 211217: Rough comparison of spending on weaponry by US, China and Russia (included number of graphs and projection into near future) https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/12/usa-vs-china-vs-russia-in-weapons-procurement.html

Lobby

23 – 251217: Gulf leaders buy caviar, Rolexes and other gifts for UK ministers http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gulf-leaders-buy-caviar-and-rolexes-uk-ministers-166106789 via @MiddleEastEye

Vluchtelingen

24 – 201217: To support migrants we need to challenge arms dealers who fuel conflicts and then win contracts to militarise borders that stop desperate people getting help #InternationalMigrantDay http://www.tni.org/borderwars

Onderzoek en activisme (zie ook 7, 12, 24)

25 – 191217: International weapon supplies to factions in the Syrian conflict have significantly augmented the quantity and quality of weapons available to IS forces. Read more here https://conflictarm.com/download-file/?report_id=2568&file_id=2574

26 – 241217: Debate on findings of CAR’s report on origin of Islamic State’s arms. http://usmorning.net/news/world/cars-report-on-islamic-states-arms-is-misleading/

27 – 251217: How 5 million #Serbian cartridges went with US and UK involvement from #Switzerland to #Iraq in 2004. [in German] #CAR Rüstungsexporte: Anzeige gegen Basler Firma wegen Kriegsmaterial-Vermittlung in den Irak https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/ruestungsexporte-anzeige-gegen-basler-firma-wegen-kriegsmaterial-vermittlung-in-den-irak-id7769322.html

This is a selection from a larger amount of tweets. Tweets with a relation the Netherlands, arms trade and defence-industry weight heavier in the selection. If you want to have them daily see http://twitter.com/martinbroek