IL PSNI IMPEGNATO NELL’ADDESTRAMENTO DELLA POLIZIA LIBICA
Agenti del Police Service of Northern Ireland impegnati nell’addestramento di poliziotti libici, nel corso degli ultimi 2 anni
La notizia arriva dopo che alcuni giorni fa si era parlato dell’attivita del Security Air Service (SAS) nell’addestramento delle truppe libiche
Il National Policing Improvement Agency ha confermato che un certo numero di ufficiali del PSNI sono stati coinvolti nella formazione della polizia libica negli ultimi due anni.
Il PSNI ha dichiarato: “Come nel caso della maggior parte degli altri servizi di polizia del Regno Unito, attualmente abbiamo un certo numero di ufficiali distaccati presso la National Policing Improvement Agency.
“Ci sono accordi relativi a procedure di legge sul dispiegamento internazionale di tutti gli agenti di polizia.”
Pare che il Policing Board sia sempre stato all’oscuro di tale attività.
Come è risaputo, le vittime dell’IRA hanno avviato un procedimento ai danni della Libia per l’ottenimento di un risarcimento danno dal maggior finanziatore dell’Irish Republican Army. La mozione presentata al governo è stata approvata all’inizio della corrente settimana, nonostante il parere contrario del Sinn Fein capeggiato da Gerry Adams.
Si chiede pertanto la sospensione dell’attività di addestramento e il ritiro delle forze del PSNI in essa impiegate, quanto meno fino al termine del procedimento di risarcimento.
Profondo sdegno proviene dalle maggiori autorità politiche.
Basil McCrea dell’Ulster Unionist Party ha affermato: “Non riesco a credere che stiamo inviando funzionari del PSNI da così tanto tempo per addestrare la Libia, il maggior Paese responsabile degli ultimi 30 o 40 anni di morte e distruzione (in Irlanda del Nord)”.
PSNI officers train Libyan police (BBC News Northern Ireland)
Serving police officers from Northern Ireland have been travelling to Libya over the past two years to help train its police, the BBC has learned.
A superintendent has arranged for training to be delivered in Libya and the UK for Libyan officers.
The Northern Ireland police officers are seconded to the UK’s National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA).
During the Troubles, Libya supplied guns and explosives which the IRA used to kill police officers.
In a statement, the PSNI said: “As is the case with most other police services in the UK, we currently have a number of PSNI officers seconded to the National Policing Improvement Agency.
“There are agreed statutory processes on the international deployment of all police officers.”
Some relatives of IRA victims have renewed their attempt to receive compensation from Libya following the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Libyan man Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi.
The DUP’s Nigel Dodds is involved in that process.
He said he welcomed the fact Libya was “coming in from the cold”, but said it could not do so without properly addressing the past.
“ Somebody knew that was a very difficult political decision and they absolutely would have known that the Policing Board should have been informed ”
The North Belfast MP added it was totally inappropriate and offensive that PSNI officers were selected to provide training “given the very recent history of what the Libyans have done in terms of the annals of terrorism in Northern Ireland”.
Ulster Unionist Basil McCrea, a member of the Policing Board, said he was shocked by the news.
“I just cannot believe that we are sending PSNI officers over a long period of time to deal with Libya, a country primarily responsible for the last 30 or 40 years of death and destruction,” he said.
“Somebody knew that these officers were going to Libya and somebody knew that was a very difficult political decision and they absolutely would have known that the Policing Board should have been informed.”
NPIA has confirmed that a number of Police Service of Northern Ireland officers have been involved with training the Libyan police over the past two years.
It also said officers from a range of UK police services have trained the Libyan police.
The training was arranged in response to a request for support from the Home Office and the British Embassy in Tripoli.
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