Double-edged sword

BRITAIN has sold Scorpion tanks and Hawk aircraft to the Indonesian government. These will be used to quell the uprising in West Papua and Aceh. The sale was authorised

Double-edged sword

One of the groups assisting the Indonesian government in fighting West Papuan attempts at independence is Laskar Jihad, a group with links to al-Qaida.

If al-Qaida or Laskar Jihad launch an attack on British interests from Indonesia using these tanks and aircraft or other British-made weaponry, will Britain then use the existence of these tanks and aircraft (by then renamed weapons of mass destruction) to launch an attack on Indonesia?

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