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To Woolwich, for the Remembrance Walk for Lee Rigby, on the eve of the trial of the men indicted for his murder.
The trial of Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale begins at the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey tomorrow. With the permission of Drummer Rigby’s family a group of local men (whose privacy I will respect and not name) organised a walk today in his memory through Woolwich, passing the place where he died to the barrack gates where memorial flowers continue to be laid on the safety of MOD ground.
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As polls show public support for leniency, it’s possible to argue that the Marine A case shows there are more positives than negatives about our military ethics.
shadow was cast over Armistice Day this year by the case of “Marine A”, the now infamous Royal Marine, whose name cannot be released for legal reasons, who was convicted of murder for the shooting dead of a wounded captive suspected of being an “insurgent” (the ‘politically correct’ word for an Islamic militant) in Afghanistan.
Amidst all the light and heat created from the press commentary on the subject, one fundamental consideration has not been made; what would we be saying if we turned the tables, and were talking about an insurgent shooting dead a Royal Marine in cold blood?
Much moral theory has been advanced from the simple and easy to imagine thought experiment of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. From Confucius, to Jesus, to Kant, to Rawls, philosophers have utilised the attempt to try and envisage someone else’s state of affairs as an effective means for discussing ethical issues.
In the issue at hand, the Royal Marine convicted of murder did wrong, no doubt; but even by his immediate afterthought for the Geneva Convention, ‘Marine A’ showed a respect for international law, even if only because it was violated by his own hand.
The question to ask in this context, then, is, would an Afghan insurgent, acting against the interests of the Afghan people and the international community, have considered the Geneva Convention if they shot dead a NATO soldier? Would an insurgent take note of a universally held norm during a situation of war, like this?
It is this kind of inversion that destroys all examples of moral equivalence between British soldiers and the insurgents they oppose. We hear bleating that “Oh, they wouldn’t be killing our soldiers so cruelly and coldly if we hadn’t dropped bombs on Afghanistan and invaded in the first place”, and other such reductionisms and fallacies.
In truth, even when an atrocity from a NATO soldier like this does occur, there is an open discussion by politicians, the military and the press about the seriousness of it, and the impending punishment. And, the bottom line is that there will be a punishment of Marine A. How many insurgents are punished for the same offence by their superiors?
Crude as ‘Marine A’s epitaphic phrasing was about mortal coils (and other more expletive laden phrasing), the accompanying comment of “It’s nothing you wouldn’t do to us” rings pragmatically true.
In fact, this one heinous slip of protocol at the hands of a Royal Marine is small fry compared to many of the actions committed by Taliban insurgents, Al-Qaeda operatives and members of other such Islamist factions to soldiers, journalists and others, in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
I am not condoning the actions of Marine A; far from it. I think it does a lot to undermine the efforts Britain makes to aid in stabilising a democratic Afghanistan.
However, these exceptions to the norm shouldn’t be stretched across the actions of the entire British and American military effort, which many pacifists (masochists) on the Left often look for excuses to do. The fact is, no matter how far the stereotypical view of the macho, dumb squaddie carries the day, soldiers fighting in Afghanistan uphold scruples and standards from both a moral compass and the view of international law. Whatever you think of such conflicts, you have to concede that much.
Marine A expressed regret for his actions, putting it down to a “lack of control” and “poor judgment”. He faces sentencing for his conviction. When courts organised by the Afghan ‘insurgency’ start reciprocating this kind of protocol, in accord with internationally recognised standards, that’ll be progress of a kind.
(NB: A poll published by the Telegraph suggests 47 percent of the public do not think Marine A should get a full life sentence as a opposed to 35 percent who do.)
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A new ‘secret justice’ row blew up last night after it was revealed two suspected terrorists could be tried behind closed doors.
Prosecutors will apply to a judge tomorrow for a draconian order to hold large parts of a major terrorist trial out of the public eye.
Senior Scotland Yard detectives believe that alleged conspirators of the men could be tipped off if details of their actions are made public.
They said there are ‘strong operation reasons’ for large swathes of the trial to be held in secret.
But critics said the move is further evidence of a dangerous trend of secrecy despite Britain’s historic commitment to open justice.
Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, condemned the move as part of a ‘dramatic drift towards secret trials’.
‘Cases littered with initials instead of names are no way of ensuring trust and confidence in our Justice system,’ she said.
‘The courts should at least provide clear explanations rather than bland assertions before closing their doors on press and public.’
Neither of the men, both aged 25, has been named publicly since they were arrested when the tyres of their car were blown out by police in London last month.
Both terrorist suspects are British citizens, one of Turkish origin and second from an Algerian background.
One of the men, known only as AB, is charged with preparing terrorist acts, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, and possessing a terrorist document.
The second man, known as CD, has been charged with possessing a terrorist document and an offence under the Identity Documents Act 2010.
The document is suspected of being instructions on how to make a bomb and prosecutors claim it was found on hidden on a memory card in their mobile phones.
During a hearing last month, prosecutor Michael Atkinson said the defendants could not be identified to ‘protect an ongoing investigation’.
He said that associates of one of the defendants may also recognise him if further details of the charges he faces are revealed.
Two other men, one aged 29 the second aged 28, arrested at the same time were later released without charge.
The highly-sensitive inquiry comes amid growing concern about the threat of terrorist plots in Britain linked to Jihadi groups fighting in the Syrian civil war.
The Justice and Security Act has recently provided for secret sessions in High Court actions involving national security.
Anonymity orders are also common in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission which hears terror-related cases.
But similar levels of secrecy are extremely rare in the criminal courts, where almost all proceedings are held in public.
Earlier this year Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, addressed concerns about judicial secrecy.
He said it is ‘an important function of an open society’ that the judiciary ‘comply as much as we should with the need for open justice’.
The preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey will be before Mr Justice Sweeney, who prosecuted the men found guilty of trying to blow up Tube trains and a bus on July 21, 2005.
The application for the secrecy order will be made by the Crown Prosecutions Special Crime and Counter-Terrorism Division.
A CPS spokesman said: ‘We apply for these orders in counter-terrorism cases rarely and only when we feel it is necessary to do so.
‘Our application will be outlined in full to a judge who will be responsible for deciding whether or not there are grounds to grant the order.’
A Met spokesman said: ‘For operational reasons we are not prepared to discuss this case further.’
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A park in Grimsby has been renamed in honour of a local soldier who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.
Scartho Park was renamed Matthew Telford Park in a ceremony, during which a remembrance service was held.
Sgt Telford, 37, was one of five soldiers who were shot dead by a rogue Afghan policeman, in November 2009.
The father-of-two, who served with 1st Battalion The Grenadier Guards, was killed while training Afghan forces.
‘Recognise and remember’
A plaque and street marker was unveiled during the ceremony at Scartho Top, North East Lincolnshire Council said.
It has agreed to name streets and areas after local service personnel who have died in conflicts since the first Gulf War, in 1991.
Councillor Alex Baxter said: “Servicemen and women in war zones put their lives on the line for their country.
“It’s fitting that we should properly recognise and remember the ultimate sacrifice given by people from our area.”
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Frederick Leach has no known family living near him prompting council bosses to launch appeal.
A 94-year-old war hero with no family looks set to get the fitting send-off he deserves after a huge response for people to attend his funeral.
Council bosses issued an appeal last week for members of the public to attend the funeral of Frederick Leach.
The pensioner, who died on November 4, was the last surviving Green Howard from a battle in Ottta, Norway, where the 1st Battalion came under heavy fire from 200 German bombers, yet bravely held their line against the enemy.
With no known family living near him, Redcar and Cleveland Council is managing his finances and organising his funeral.
And it has emerged that a huge response has been generated by the public within minutes of the appeal being launched.
Captain Dennis Appleyard, of the the Green Howards Association, said: “I think there’ll be a very good response.
“A few people on our Facebook page have already said they have every intention of going. There’s a comradeship involved here.”
Middlesbrough branch member Mick Russell said he and colleague Ron Chambers hoped to attend as standard bearers. The Last Post is also set to be played.
Speaking to the Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough, Jenni Malt said she had shared the story on Facebook and her ex-Green Howard dad would do the same.
“Would hate for this gentleman not to have a proper send-off,” she said.
Darren Beatson said that as a child he used to live on the same road as Mr Leach. “
Remember him showing us his medals and not really knowing or understanding what they were.”
“Years later and a tour of Bosnia and two tours of Iraq later – it’s a real eye opener.
“Unfortunately I live down south now so don’t think I’d be able to make it, but I do hope there is a bit of a turn out, particularly from the ex-service community.”
The response has been similar to that which followed the death of former Dambuster Harold Percival of Lytham St Annes.
His funeral looked set to be unattended only for hundreds to turn up after an appeal in the local newspaper and on social media.
Speaking about Mr Leach’s funeral, councillor Sheelagh Clarke said: “We have had a fantastic response from the Armed Forces community and are reasonably confident Frederick’s funeral will be well attended.
“We have also heard from some of his old friends from Erimus Social Club, in South Bank, who tell us he used to go there and that they would like to attend too.
“Unfortunately we still haven’t heard from any of Frederick’s relatives but we are following up on a few leads and we are still hoping to have family representation at the funeral.”
It is hoped full details of Mr Leach’s funeral arrangements can be released early next week.
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Up to 60 new jobs could be created in Banham after the government awarded more than £350,000 to a European Halal Food Park.
Officials at Defra defended the grant of £366,000, which is aimed to promote growth in rural areas.
The money comes from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) and will be used to buy equipment to make burgers and sausages in the park’s meat processing facility.
A spokesman for the government department said the cash would not be spent at Simply Halal’s abattoir site in Banham, which slaughters animals according to Islamic law.
A Defra spokesman said: “We awarded business development funding to this company to improve its processes for making burgers and sausages, which would create 60 much-needed jobs in a very rural area as well as supporting Norfolk livestock farmers.”
“We would prefer to see all animals stunned before slaughter but respect the rights of the Jewish and Muslim communities to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs.”
Defra has awarded the grant on the basis that the funding will not to be used in any part of the abattoir operation and that the company will create 60 new full-time jobs over the next three years.
The money will also be match funded by the company and the investment will support local farmers in an area where there are not many meat processing facilities, the spokesman added.
The funding was part of a £2m series of projects supporting four other meat processors developed by the East of England Development Agency before responsibility for RDPE funding transferred to Defra.
The European Halal Food Park at Moor Farm, in The Moor, Banham, near Attleborough, was approved two years ago to cater for the growing demand for Halal beef and sheep meat in the UK
The company’s website says that it “boasts the only dedicated 100pc non-stun abattoir for beef and lamb in the UK” with the Halal Burger Company opening in July and the Halal Sausage Company and the Halal Pet Food Company opening last month.
The firm added that it supports British farmers and was given full Defra approval in June following an inspection to appraise animal welfare standards and the ritual slaughter process.
The Defra spokesman added that the government has no plans to ban religious slaughter of animals. However, changes to all rules on welfare at slaughter will be required when a new EU Regulation on welfare at the time of killing comes into effect in January 2013.
The Defra spokesman added that the government has no plans to ban religious slaughter of animals.
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