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Eugene

(61,910 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 07:18 PM Apr 2019

British troops criticized for Corbyn "target practice" video

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS APRIL 3, 2019 / 8:56 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

British troops criticized for Corbyn "target practice" video

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s defense ministry said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into a video circulating on social media apparently showing soldiers using a picture of opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn for target practice.

The video, posted on Snapchat, shows four paratroopers firing shots at the picture with the caption “happy with that”.

“We are aware of a video circulating on social media,” an Army spokesperson said. “This behavior is totally unacceptable and falls well below the high standards the Army expects. A full investigation has been launched.”

A Labour spokesman called the behavior alarming and unacceptable but said the party was confident the Army would investigate and act on the incident.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-politics-corbyn-target/british-troops-criticized-for-corbyn-target-practice-video-idUSKCN1RF1JU
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British troops criticized for Corbyn "target practice" video (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2019 OP
I have an extremely low opinion of Corbyn. nycbos Apr 2019 #1
Terrorist sympathizer? shenmue Apr 2019 #2
He supports Hamas and other terrorist groups. nycbos Apr 2019 #3
Paras showing what they think of the people they are paid to protect T_i_B Apr 2019 #4

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
1. I have an extremely low opinion of Corbyn.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 07:26 PM
Apr 2019

He is antisemite. He is a terrorist sympathizer. He is anti NATO and pro-Russia.

But this kind of behavior is unacceptable

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
3. He supports Hamas and other terrorist groups.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 09:52 PM
Apr 2019

He has called Hamas and Hezbollah agents of “long-term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region,” and once invited to Parliament a Palestinian Islamist, Raed Salah, who has suggested Jews were absent from the World Trade Center on 9/11. Corbyn called him an “honored citizen.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/opinion/an-anti-semitism-of-the-left.html?_r=0

And was at a wreath laying ceremony the terrorists who attacked the Israeli Olympic team in Munich.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-munich-attack-wreaths-palestinian-terrorists-antisemitism-a8489731.html

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/03/jeremy-corbyn-has-a-soft-spot-for-extremists-ira-hamas-hezbollah-britain-labour/

T_i_B

(14,740 posts)
4. Paras showing what they think of the people they are paid to protect
Thu Apr 4, 2019, 07:26 AM
Apr 2019

How to disgrace the regiment in one easy step.

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