Links
- Irish Aires Home Page
- IA Houston Links
- IA Links Page
- IA News Links
- Irish Aires Archived
- IA Email Lists
- Irish Aires Blog
- IAUC
Archives
- October 2004
- November 2004
- December 2004
- January 2005
- February 2005
- March 2005
- April 2005
- May 2005
- June 2005
- July 2005
- August 2005
- September 2005
- October 2005
- November 2005
- December 2005
- January 2006
- February 2006
- March 2006
- April 2006
- May 2006
- June 2006
- July 2006
- August 2006
- September 2006
- October 2006
- November 2006
- December 2006
- January 2007
- February 2007
- March 2007
- April 2007
- May 2007
- June 2007
- August 2007
- September 2007
- October 2007
- November 2007
- December 2007
- January 2008
- February 2008
- March 2008
- April 2008
- May 2008
- June 2008
- July 2008
- November 2008
- December 2008
- February 2009
- April 2009
- May 2009
- January 2010
- April 2011
- May 2011
- June 2011
- July 2011
- August 2011
- February 2012
News about the Irish & Irish American culture, music, news, sports. This is hosted by the Irish Aires radio show on KPFT-FM 90.1 in Houston, Texas (a Pacifica community radio station)
December 05, 2004
News 12/05/04 - Tim Spicer Action Alert
Urgent Action Alert to PFC subscribers-Email and phone calls
A one-day conference on the role of 'Private Military Companies in
the Current Global Order' is planned for Monday December 6 at
Rhodes House, Oxford University South Parks Road, Oxford
One of the speakers is Lt. Col. Tim Spicer, current CEO of Aegis
Defence Services and former Scots Guards CO in Belfast.
Two soldiers under his command, Mark Wright and James Fisher, were
convicted of the murder of Peter Mc Bride in Belfast in 1992.
Following the murder and the convictions Spicer sought to argue
that his soldiers did no wrong and should never have been
convicted. This is despite the accepted evidence at trial that they
had shot and injured the 18 year old knowing him to be unarmed and
then shot him dead as he attempted to pull himself upright.
Spicer, both in his autobiography and in a sworn affidavit, has
portrayed an entirely fictitious and untruthful version of the
murder. Recently he was awarded a major private security contract
in Iraq. This has led to protests from members of the US Senate and
Congress.
The conference at which he has been invited to speak will discuss,
among other things, the ethical aspects of 'private security
companies.' His response to the murder of a teenager by soldiers
under his command was unethical and displayed an arrogant contempt
for the truth, the human rights of the victim and his family and
the rule of law.
Please email or call the organisers to protest at the invitation.
Cut and paste the paragraphs above.
Events Co-ordinator Clare Cowley clarec@rusi.org Tel (from Monday
am onwards) +44 (0)20 77472640 (if you decide to call please be
polite and respect the dignity shown by the family - Spicer is due
to speak at 10am GMT so subscribers in different time zones should
email immediately)
president@oussg.org.uk Oxford University Strategic Studies Group
media@rusi.org Royal United Services Institute
gesug@unige.ch Geneva University Strategic Studies Group
intstudies@lists.cam.ac.uk Centre of International Studies
Cambridge University
see the PFC website at
http://www.serve.com/pfc
for more details on Peter Mc Bride, Spicer and the Iraq contract.
A one-day conference on the role of 'Private Military Companies in
the Current Global Order' is planned for Monday December 6 at
Rhodes House, Oxford University South Parks Road, Oxford
One of the speakers is Lt. Col. Tim Spicer, current CEO of Aegis
Defence Services and former Scots Guards CO in Belfast.
Two soldiers under his command, Mark Wright and James Fisher, were
convicted of the murder of Peter Mc Bride in Belfast in 1992.
Following the murder and the convictions Spicer sought to argue
that his soldiers did no wrong and should never have been
convicted. This is despite the accepted evidence at trial that they
had shot and injured the 18 year old knowing him to be unarmed and
then shot him dead as he attempted to pull himself upright.
Spicer, both in his autobiography and in a sworn affidavit, has
portrayed an entirely fictitious and untruthful version of the
murder. Recently he was awarded a major private security contract
in Iraq. This has led to protests from members of the US Senate and
Congress.
The conference at which he has been invited to speak will discuss,
among other things, the ethical aspects of 'private security
companies.' His response to the murder of a teenager by soldiers
under his command was unethical and displayed an arrogant contempt
for the truth, the human rights of the victim and his family and
the rule of law.
Please email or call the organisers to protest at the invitation.
Cut and paste the paragraphs above.
Events Co-ordinator Clare Cowley clarec@rusi.org Tel (from Monday
am onwards) +44 (0)20 77472640 (if you decide to call please be
polite and respect the dignity shown by the family - Spicer is due
to speak at 10am GMT so subscribers in different time zones should
email immediately)
president@oussg.org.uk Oxford University Strategic Studies Group
media@rusi.org Royal United Services Institute
gesug@unige.ch Geneva University Strategic Studies Group
intstudies@lists.cam.ac.uk Centre of International Studies
Cambridge University
see the PFC website at
http://www.serve.com/pfc
for more details on Peter Mc Bride, Spicer and the Iraq contract.
