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| Police from England and Wales were sent to Libya to train its police officers, it has emerged. | |
| It comes amid growing anger among victims of IRA violence over news that Northern Ireland officers were also sent to the country to train forces. | It comes amid growing anger among victims of IRA violence over news that Northern Ireland officers were also sent to the country to train forces. |
| The National Policing Improvement Agency confirmed UK officers have been involved in training over the past year but would not name individual forces. | The National Policing Improvement Agency confirmed UK officers have been involved in training over the past year but would not name individual forces. |
| The Liberal Democrats said the scheme was "a rapprochement too far". | The Liberal Democrats said the scheme was "a rapprochement too far". |
| The Lib Dem's foreign affairs spokesman Ed Davey said: "This is a slap in the face for the family of Pc Yvonne Fletcher, not least because the murder inquiry is still open." | |
| Pc Fletcher was shot dead 25 years ago outside the Libyan embassy in London but the government has struck a deal with Libya that any suspects would be tried there. | Pc Fletcher was shot dead 25 years ago outside the Libyan embassy in London but the government has struck a deal with Libya that any suspects would be tried there. |
| Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said the training projects would "anger and disgust" rank and file officers who believed Libya should be more proactive in securing her killer's arrest. | Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said the training projects would "anger and disgust" rank and file officers who believed Libya should be more proactive in securing her killer's arrest. |
| "This one-way traffic, where we do all the giving and they just take, must stop," he told the Daily Telegraph. | "This one-way traffic, where we do all the giving and they just take, must stop," he told the Daily Telegraph. |
| Here we have the police out training the people who trained the IRA and supplied the weapons to murder their colleagues, it's just unbelievable William Frazer, Families Acting for Innocent Relatives | Here we have the police out training the people who trained the IRA and supplied the weapons to murder their colleagues, it's just unbelievable William Frazer, Families Acting for Innocent Relatives |
| The police training scheme was organised by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). | The police training scheme was organised by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). |
| It said the three training schemes organised over the last 12 months covered leadership, strategic planning and forensics and involved some Libyan officers visiting Britain to view forensic methods. | It said the three training schemes organised over the last 12 months covered leadership, strategic planning and forensics and involved some Libyan officers visiting Britain to view forensic methods. |
| No individual forces have been named by the agency, but the Telegraph is reporting that the Metropolitan Police were involved. | No individual forces have been named by the agency, but the Telegraph is reporting that the Metropolitan Police were involved. |
| Earlier, Ian Paisley Junior, from the Northern Ireland Policing Board, defended his decision to approve sending PSNI officers to train Libyan police. | Earlier, Ian Paisley Junior, from the Northern Ireland Policing Board, defended his decision to approve sending PSNI officers to train Libyan police. |
| "In an adult world you don't have to be a genius to work out why it would be useful to have a senior officer, who has got intelligence skills, to look at Libya and to examine that country and to look at the facts that surround that country and to bring that information back to us," he said. | "In an adult world you don't have to be a genius to work out why it would be useful to have a senior officer, who has got intelligence skills, to look at Libya and to examine that country and to look at the facts that surround that country and to bring that information back to us," he said. |
| During the Troubles, Libya supplied guns and explosives which the IRA used to kill police officers. | During the Troubles, Libya supplied guns and explosives which the IRA used to kill police officers. |
| William Frazer of victims group Fair (Families Acting for Innocent Relatives) said: "Here we have the police out training the people who trained the IRA and supplied the weapons to murder their colleagues, it's just unbelievable. | William Frazer of victims group Fair (Families Acting for Innocent Relatives) said: "Here we have the police out training the people who trained the IRA and supplied the weapons to murder their colleagues, it's just unbelievable. |
| "Without Libya, the IRA could not have done what they did in Northern Ireland, there is no doubt about that." | "Without Libya, the IRA could not have done what they did in Northern Ireland, there is no doubt about that." |