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The Port of Bilbao has sent since October 312 containers of “explosives” to Saudi Arabia

According to various sources consulted by Radio Bilbao, each container has capacity for 28 tonnes, which would mean that 8,656 tonnes could have been sent to that destination in just ten months.

Greenpeace, in the “Arms under Control” campaign, calls on Basque administrations to rule against these shipments and calls on the central government to stop being an “accomplice” in the war against Yemen.

by Isabel León in Bilbao 44 containers on 19 October, 52 on 1 December, 35 on 10 February, 26 on 13 March, 45 on 19 April and up to a total of 110 on 14 July. It is the balance of containers that under the heading of “Explosives” have left the Port of Bilbao for Saudi Arabia in just 10 months.

The details of what they contain, whether ammunition, armaments or projectiles, are unknown, but all include that stamp of “Explosives” bound for Saudi Arabia.

With regard to quantities, there is no officially an exact number. We do know that each container can carry up to 28 tons. That would make possible a maximum shipment in July of more than 3,000. In the last ten months the balance of this type of armament could reach 8,656 tons.

http://insurgente.org A Spanish firefighter could receive up to four years of suspension from his job after he refused to approve a weapons and explosives-laden shipment from the port city of Bilbao to Saudi Arabia for potential use in Yemen.

Greenpeace, under the “Weapons Under Control” campaign, which is underway with Amnesty International, FundiPau and Oxfam Intermon, warns that although the central government denies that such weapons are subsequently used in the war against Yemen, “it could be an accomplice and Therefore to be accused of war crimes “. see also:

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Alberto Estévez, a spokesman for Greenpeace, recalls that Spain is the “third biggest arms seller to Saudi Arabia” and that “according to export data in recent years has increased very significantly, being worth 4,000 million euros only last year”.

Estevez assures that “Spain plays the role of referee”. He says that “if a company wants to export arms to Saudi Arabia or another country it submits a petition to the Interministerial Board where it is analyzed whether those exports violate international norms and grant or not an authorization”.

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That would mean that exports, also in the Port of Bilbao, could respond to authorizations from previous years, hence, according to Estévez, “since the beginning of the war Spain has exported arms worth more than 650 million euros.”

Right now the Port of Bilbao is under the magnifying glass, for being in recent months the exit point, Greenpeace maintains, for these weapons.

They proclaim that Spain “may be complicit in the commission of alleged war crimes in Yemen” and therefore consider that “it is necessary to stop the supply of this type of armament to Saudi Arabia because of the clear risk that they are being used against The civilian population of Yemen “.

Greenpeace has demanded that Basque administrations, “both the Provincial Council, the City Council and the Basque Government” speak out against these consignments.

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El Puerto de Bilbao ha enviado desde octubre 312 contenedores con “explosivos” con destino a Arabia Saudí

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