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May 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda According to trade union Unite 218 jobs at an under-threat East Yorkshire aircraft factory will now be saved. BAE had said it was ending manufacture of the Hawk training jets at its Brough factory in 2013, with the loss of 845 jobs.
Ben Wallace, the Conservative MP for Wyre and Preston North said the British government had been trying for a long time to increase aerospace sales and the Saudi deal was “the result of a lot of hard work behind the scenes”.
He defended arms deals with Saudi Arabia, saying the country was “stable”, strong and moving towards human rights reform.
However, human rights groups and MPs have warned the UK government against selling arms to Saudi Arabia, where there is a shocking disrespect for basic human rights.
Meanwhile, political parties are banned in the kingdom, which has been ruled by the Al Saud dynasty since its foundation.
Earlier in January, British Prime Minister David Cameron made his first visit to Saudi Arabia as the UK premier to win lucrative weapons deals.
Amnesty International’s UK campaigns director Tim Hancock, said at the time that any future arms sales to the regime should take account of Saudi Arabia’s behavior.
“In recent years we’ve documented the indiscriminate bombing of Yemeni villages by Saudi Arabian jets,” Hancock said.
“So if Mr Cameron is discussing arms deals on this trip he must ensure that they will be subject to rigorous controls and that no equipment is shipped to the country if there is the slightest risk of it being used to commit human rights abuses”, added the Amnesty’s director.
Cameron’s visit also came at a time when MPs on the Committee on Arms Export Controls demanded to know why the government has continued to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, “given there was some unrest” in the country.
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