http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/12/27/18728943.php
UNICEF's
Christmas appeals, Sir Alex Ferguson and gaping contradictions
propaganda
alert
compiled by Cem Ertür
27 December 2012
As the United Nations Security Council passes a resolution for the
deployment of foreign troops in Mali [1] and the United States
announces its plan to deploy troops to 35 African countries in
2013 [2], UNICEF and The Independent launch a campaign
“to help child soldiers in Central African
Republic”.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is promoting the UNICEF
appeal.
Sir
Alex Ferguson, the [Manchester] United manager, today appeals for fans
of the club – which is said to have 75 million supporters
worldwide – to make donations to this newspaper’s
appeal for funds to help the leading children’s charity
Unicef in its work negotiating the release of children under the
control of rebel militias in the Central African Republic, one of the
10 poorest countries on the continent. [3]
Only three weeks ago, Mr Ferguson was busy presenting war medals to
British soldiers who served in Afghanistan:
[1] Western Mail, 7 December 2012
[2] Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson presents a
soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh with an Operational Service
Medal for Afghanistan, Chester Racecourse, Cheshire, 6 December 2012
Soldiers
from the Royal Welsh regiment were presented with Afghanistan campaign
medals by Sir Alex Ferguson at Chester Racecourse yesterday.
1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (1 R WELSH) returned from Operation
HERRICK 16 in October, after a six-month tour of duty [in
Afghanistan’s Helmand Province] [...]
Sir Alex [Ferguson] said [...]:
“I want to thank these lads for the service they've given our
country without them Great Britain wouldn't be Great Britain. We all
depend on them. I've got great respect for the Armed Forces.”
[...]
Sir Alex said he has recently been involved in helping to raise funds
for two charities which support the Armed Forces:
"I think we all owe them (the Armed Forces) a debt. There's a fantastic
feel for all the troops from the whole of Britain."
[4]
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War propaganda under the guise of humanitarian aid: UNICEF's Children
of Syria Winter Crisis Appeal ad
in a London Underground
train, December 2012 [5]
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notes:
[1] Mali new prey to West
imperialist quest
by Finnian Cunningham, Press TV, 22 December 2012
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/12/22/279500/mali-new-prey-to-west-imperialist-quest/
[2] US deploying troops to 35
African countries
Russia Today, 24 December 2012
http://rt.com/usa/news/us-deploying-troops-order-749/
[3] Manchester
United’s plea to free the children of war
by Paul Vallely, The Independent, 26 December 2012
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/manchester-uniteds-plea-to-free-the-children-of-war-8431211.html
[4] Sir Alex Ferguson presents
Afghanistan medals
Ministry of Defence website, 7 December 2012
http://army-uk.info/news_detail.php?id=4774
[5] Syrian Human Rights
Network calls on UNICEF to condemn armed groups' crimes against
children in Syria
SANA, 11 December 2012
http://www.sana-syria.com/eng/21/2012/12/11/456765.htm
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from
the archives:
A
confused mind: Is Dame Helen Mirren for or against war?
by Cem Ertür, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center,
19 December 2011
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/18/18703001.php
Britain's
sports stars at the service of war propaganda
by Cem Ertür, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center,
11 November 2011
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/11/18698944.php
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