07/01/2008

Shock report on Army ads that glamorise war to kids!

* http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3315038.ece
MoD accused of 'glamorising' war

* <http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,2236399,00.html>
Army accused of glamorising war and recruiting youngsters

* http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=HOSBAKKHZG34HQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/07/narmy107.xml

Report claims Army ads 'glamorise war'

*http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=82589&in_page_id=34&in_a_source=
Army ads rapped for 'glamorising war'

* Today programme this morning ... listen again (for another week) at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio4/aod.shtml?radio4/today_mon#
- about 48 minutes into the programme.

* <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7174431.stm>
MoD denies 'war glamour' claim

* <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3142491.ece>
They don't mention the warfare - Army adverts come under attack

*
<http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Army-accused-of--targeting.3644968.jp>
Army accused of targeting seven-year-olds with recruitment drives glamorising war

If any one has the time or inclination, letters to the press will serve to keep the issue in the public eye...

Thought for January: 'The worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.' Ellen Key, Swedish feminist writer (1849-1926

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