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Why do some LGBT rights groups regard arms dealers as allies?
Equal rights groups should not be seduced by the forces of capitalism and imperialism, writes SYMON HILL

“TO be inclusive is the right thing to do,” declared arms dealer Roger Carr at an LGBT event earlier this year. 

As chairman of BAE Systems, he said: “I’ve always stood up for what I believe in.”

It’s not difficult to find out what BAE believes in. It is one of the biggest suppliers of weapons to Saudi Arabia. In 2014, the year when Carr became chairman, the Saudi regime sentenced a 24-year-old man to 450 lashes for “promoting the vice and practice of homosexuality.” 

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