Blair’s lucrative job with Colombian death squad government

This video is called The Trial of Tony Blair.

From British daily The Morning Star:

Blair under fire for taking job with ‘quasi-fascist’ Colombia ministry

(Friday 16 January 2009)

HUMAN rights campaigners condemned warmongering ex-premier Tony Blair on Friday for taking a lucrative job with the “quasi-fascist” Colombian government.

Mr Blair was asked by Colombia‘s Foreign Ministry to be a consultant to its Foreign Policy Commission after he was awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom with fellow rightwingers Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and former Australian PM John Howard on Tuesday.

Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez claimed that it was good to have “experts” who can suggest possibilities and options for a more active foreign policy.

“We want to have one foreign policy that is more audacious and with greater initiative and acceptance,” he declared.

But Justice for Colombia secretary Liam Craig-Best said that it was not really surprising that President Uribe, “a war criminal responsible for thousands of deaths,” had “chosen to invite his fellow war criminal Tony Blair to advise him.

“If Blair had any decency left in him, he would decline this offer to work with the quasi-fascist regime in Bogota. Unfortunately, I suspect that Blair may not see it that way,” he added.

Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn called Mr Blair’s appointment “sad news” for Colombia.

He “has shown remarkable inaction in the Middle East” in his role as peace envoy there “but still finds time to receive a medal from George Bush,” said Mr Corbyn.

“Colombia would be better served with an elected minister of their own rather than Tony Blair.”

COLOMBIA: Secret Documents Show US Aware of Army Killings in 1990s: here.

Colombian army scandal update, 25 January 2008: here.