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Blair: Vil nu føre 'miljøvenlig' krig i Irak
Det meddeles fra sædvanligvis underrettet kilde, at den britiske premierminister Tony Blair ønsker at indføre en målsætning om, at den britiske krigsførelse i Irak skal være CO2-neutral.
Kulstof, der udledes i atmosfæren f.eks. ved affyring af Stinger-missiler mod oprørske landsbyer, projektiler ind i flokke af farlige civile eller som forbrændes af kampvogne på vej i fredsbevarende missioner, skal således afbalanceres f.eks. ved at plante træer.
Skader på miljøet forårsaget af forarmet uran kan ifølge Blair "delvist opvejes", hvis soldaterne fremover opgiver vaskemaskine og tørretumbler og i stedet vasker deres tøj i hånden:
‘What you have to remember,’ said the Prime Minister, ‘is that when we invaded Iraq we did so in the belief that terrorism was the number one threat to our way of life. But that was before the release of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. Now we know that climate change is a greater danger, and that’s why future actions in Iraq are going to be balanced by the urgent need to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions.’Link.
Mr Blair said that some relatively straightforward measures could have a ‘significant impact’ on the reduction of greenhouse gases. Soldiers are being encouraged to share armoured cars ‘wherever possible’, and to diminish the polluting effects of munitions manufacture by discharging their rifles only when they absolutely have to. ‘When you’re being shot at by Shia militia forces in Sadr City,’ he said, ‘it’s a simple matter of asking whether you really need to return fire with two bullets, or whether one will do.’
Via BuJ Al Arab.