our welsh assembley have said.
Taro Naw, the BBC's Welsh language current affairs programme on S4C, asked the assembly government if it was concerned that the company's involvement could directly or indirectly benefit the Israeli armed forces. 'Support mechanisms'
An assembly government spokesman told the programme that it "wouldn't knowingly invest in any project that could be used in any form of human rights abuse".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7948165.stm
Yet in September 2008, the Welsh Assembly Government admitted
Much more disturbing, it appears that UAV's tested at Aberporth may
have been used by the Israel in its month-long attack on Gaza in
December 2008. This BBC report
that
/"As many as 230 jobs have been promised in the short term as a
result of the project, with the Welsh Development Agency saying
1,000 jobs could be created in 20 years."/
The total Welsh Assembly Government expenditure to 9 September
2008 is £8.8m. In addition, we have also awarded Ceredigion
County Council a grant of £1.6m towards the road development./
A total of 19 people are currently employed by tenants
occupying the site. A further 45 roles will be added at
ParcAberporth over time, beginning later this year through the
test and evaluation phase of the Watchkeeper contract recently
awarded to QinetiQ. Further jobs will be created when other
companies take up tenancies at ParcAberporth
...
Taro Naw, the BBC's Welsh language current affairs programme on S4C, asked the assembly government if it was concerned that the company's involvement could directly or indirectly benefit the Israeli armed forces. 'Support mechanisms'
An assembly government spokesman told the programme that it "wouldn't knowingly invest in any project that could be used in any form of human rights abuse".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/7948165.stm Yet in September 2008, the Welsh Assembly Government admitted
Much more disturbing, it appears that UAV's tested at Aberporth may
have been used by the Israel in its month-long attack on Gaza in
December 2008. This BBC report
that
/"As many as 230 jobs have been promised in the short term as a
result of the project, with the Welsh Development Agency saying
1,000 jobs could be created in 20 years."/
The total Welsh Assembly Government expenditure to 9 September
2008 is £8.8m. In addition, we have also awarded Ceredigion
County Council a grant of £1.6m towards the road development./
A total of 19 people are currently employed by tenants
occupying the site. A further 45 roles will be added at
ParcAberporth over time, beginning later this year through the
test and evaluation phase of the Watchkeeper contract recently
awarded to QinetiQ. Further jobs will be created when other
companies take up tenancies at ParcAberporth
...
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