An incomplete list of British crimes across the world under the reign of Elizabeth II

In 1952 Churchill argued Kenyas fertile highlands should only be for white ppl and and approved the forcible removal of the local pop. Hundreds of thousands of Kenyans were forced into camps.
On 30th Jan 1972, the Bloody Sunday massacre was perpetrated by the parachute regiment of the British Army who ki!!ed 14 civilians at a peaceful protest march. Following the massacre the british lied about the victims.
Britain under blair inavded Iraq and ki!!ed over 1 million people, displaced millions more, brought unknowable depths of suffering to the Iraqi people & gave birth to ISIS.
Pictured here is Prince Harry, Elizabeths grandson who boasted he ki!!ed in Afghanistan. He flew Apache helicopters and coordinated jets to drop 500lb bombs on people he called “Terry Taliban”.
Britain carried out a covert war in Yemen which led to 200,000 deaths between 1962-70 and ki!!ed with impunity in Aden.

Today Britain arms advises and oversees Saudi Arabia bombing Yemen.
Pictured here is what Libya was transformed into after 6 months of NATO bombing which assisted thousands of terrorists backed by Britain. The British gov played an integral role in ensuring the most developed country in Africa as per the UN’s Human Development Index was crushed.
In 1953, Britain under Churchill ordered the overthrowing of the democratically elected leader of ‘British Guiana’. He dispatched troops and warships and suspended their constitution all to put a stop to the govs nationalisation plan.
On 19th August 1953, Britain leads a coup d'etat that overthrows democracy in Iran known as Op Ajax which overthrows democratically-elected PM Mossadegh. Coded messages were put on the BBC to let the Shah know democracy was overthrown.
More than 80,000 British soldiers went to Korea between 1950-53 to assist the US in the ki!!ing of 4 million people.
The British waged war in 'Malaya' to loot rubber and tin between 1948-60. They also sprayed Agent Orange on food crops as part of their 'starvation campaign'.

The US drew lessons from this for their war on Vietnam.
If interested in just how bloodstained rapacious and destructive the British Empire was I recommend reading this book.

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Sep 10
When Britain "abolished" slavery they compensated the slave owners not the victims giving £20 million for "lost property"

Also, Britain tried to reinstall slavery in Haiti and joined France and the US in allowing Haiti to be punished and forced to pay reparations.
It was the resistance by enslaved Africans that ended slavery and the advances in industrialism meant machinery was more efficient.

The brits didn't "end" slavery they just moved to indentured servitude e.g. sending 150,000 indentured labourers from India to South Africa.
The £20 million that the British compensated to slave owners is the equivalent of £23 billion today and accounted for 40% of the national budget at the time. This money continued to be paid off toward the descendants of slave owners until 2015.
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Sep 9
This map of Africas resources is how Elizabeth II and the British monarchy view the continent.

"longstanding relationship" is a deliberate whitewashing of British crimes against the Mau Mau in Kenya. ImageImage
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Sep 8
Here is an incomplete list of imperialists who Elizabeth II bestowed with awards.

Firstly pictured here is the ethnic cleanser of Palestine who orchestrated the massacre in Qana, Shimon Peres receiving his honorary knighthood.
Elizabeth gave an honorary knighthood to US war criminal Colin Powell who facilitated, covered up and justified US war crimes in Vietnam, including the notorious My Lai Massacre.
Elizabeth gave an honorary knighthood to US general Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. who said "Iraqs weren't worth counting among the victims"
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Aug 30
A year ago today the U.S. 20 year war on Afghanistan officially "ended". The war ki!!ed more than 200k people (incl thousands of civilans) created millions of refugees and began a cycle of violence poverty and chaos.

A 🧵 of just some of the worst US crimes in Afghanistan.
On Oct 3 2015, the US Air Force bombed a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, ki!!ing 42 patients and medical staff and injuring over 30 more.
In July 2008, the US bombed a wedding party in Afghanistan, ki!!ing 47 civilians, including the bride. The jet returned 3 times to bomb the group. 39 of the victims were women & children. The US denied involvement, but an Afghan investigation later found the US responsible.
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The US claimed the plant produced WMDs & had connections to Osama bin Laden, but neither was true. When it became clear the plant only produced medicine, the US blocked a UN inquiry into the incident.
Al-Shifa factory specialized in anti-malaria, tuberculosis treatments & veterinary medicines. A report by a former German ambassador to Sudan stated that “several tens of thousands” were likely ki!!ed due to preventable diseases due to the loss of the plant.
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On this day in 1953, the CIA/MI6 overthrew Iran’s democratically elected prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Mosaddegh nationalized Irans oil, kicking out Britain’s oil company. The coup ki!!ed hundreds & set off a vicious crackdown, ending all political dissent in Iran.
The coup led to Mosaddegh’s arrest & him being placed for 3 years in solitary confinement. His political party was outlawed & student leaders, politicians, military officers close to him were ki!!ed Iran’s communist party saw over 4,100 of its members arrested & many ki!!ed
The CIA had used riots and terror on Iran to foment chaos and create the conditions for the coup, meanwhile Britain imposed a sea embargo to stop Iran from exporting its oil. Britain also froze Iran’s access to its money held in Britain.
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