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David Vine
@davidsvine
Professor@AmericanU. LA Times Book Prize Finalist: The United States of War: A Global History of America’s Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State
Feb 15, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
US govt reply to @HRW report showing US crimes against humanity in exiling #Chagossians during creation US base @ Diego Garcia is an outrage. @StateDept "acknowledges the challenges faced by Chagossian communities"? Biden admin must acknowledge US responsibility for the exile.🧵 @StateDept @StateDeptPM is passing buck of responsibility for forcibly displacing #Chagossians to the UK as US govts have for decades. Let's be clear:

1. US govt came up w/ idea for base @ Diego Garcia

2. Insisted on Chagossian removal

3. Paid UK $14m for removal + base
2/5
Feb 15, 2023 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
US + UK governments committed CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY by forcibly displacing the entire Chagossian people during construction of US military base on Diego Garcia + barring #Chagossians from returning home for more than 1/2 century @hrw reports today 🧵hrw.org/node/384018 Today's Human Rights Watch report is an unprecedented condemnation of the US + UK for what @hrw rightly calls CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY committed in expelling #Chagossians from Diego Garcia + their other Chagos islands homelands. 2/7 hrw.org/node/384018