Date (date of THE SHOOTING of a policewoman and eleven demonstrators from the Libyan People's Bureau was a stupid and reactionary act which socialists embassy and breaking off diplomatic relations was motivated solely by political hostility to the Qadhati regime.
Libyan People's Bureau are charge that it organises acts of terrorism.
vestigating the activities of foreign embassies.
ple, the South African em- ho give just one exalibassy has a long record of illegal alis Just two weeks ago the South African ambassador was recalled to Pretoria atter three ple, including two South Africans, were arrested on charges legal arms sales to South Africa.
Pretoria's notorious But the government is curiously selective about insecurity agency BOSS has organised dozens burglaries of the premises of Anti-Apartheid other organisations opposed to the regime, and conducted long campaigns of harassment against its opponents in this country The illegal activities of other foreign powels are not only ignored but given the British government. A Cave encouragement b full search of the United States Grosvenor Square would aouduess wiel some ver! interesting results.
The sinister building in Grosvenor Square is course the headquarters of the CIA in Britain. They, and their agents at Men with Hill listening station, intercept the phone calls of British citizens and organSallulls maintain detailed surveillance British 'subversives'. And of course the Grosvenor Square embassy is the one embassy which is known to have a large arsenal on the premises.
Four years ago it wa: revealed by World in Action that navy personnel al the Chilean embassy were proven commander of a Chilean concentration camp where hundreds of Chilean lettists had been murdered The British government is happy to be on the best of diplomatic military releations with such people.
As we report on page 9 the seige James's been a Godsolde ba send for the Tories, enabiing build sympathy for the police at the hight of the miners' strike Just like the Malvinas war it has been used by the government and the media to whip up patriotism and obscene racism.
The way in which the press ana television nave dealt with Oadhafi and the political orientation of the Libyan government has hi depths. whatever has been made to present any rational expolitics racist Insults have sufficed The shooting has been a golden opportunity to whip up the US-led campaign against Libya. International public opinion is acts or agreed being for new agression against Libya, which has been subject to constant viola territorial waters in and territorial waters past two years.
Whateve criticisms of the Qadhafi and its methods, regime socialist must oppose the imperialist campaign against Libya and the atof the regime and its allies to overthrow Qadhafi and install reactionary pro-imperialist regime • Libyan seige, reacfionary theatre — see page
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should unequivocally condemn. But the reaction of the British government in mounting the seige of the
The government insist that the activities of the 'unacceptable'