On #ThisDayInHistory in 1965, #HaroldWilson (#Labour) created the #BritishIndianOceanTerritory, the first step in the #genocidal #EthnicCleansing of the #Chagossian people. Every person was removed from their homes, never to return, just so the US could lease #DiegoGarcia base.

Today in Labor History November 8, 1968: At the request of the U.S., the UK began their ethnic cleansing of the Chagos Islands, in the Indian Ocean. The forced removal of the Chagos Islanders concluded in 1973, paving the way for the U.S. to use the islands as a staging and refueling station for its wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan, primarily from its base on the Chagossian island of Diego Garcia. The U.S. desired a depopulated territory to avoid the UN’s decolonization requirements. Lord Greenhill wrote the following to the British Delegation at the UN: “The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours; there will be no indigenous population except seagulls who have not yet got a committee. Unfortunately, along with the Birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays.” In the early- to mid-1800s, the Chagos Islands were used as staging post in the slave trade. In the 1970s, the governments of Mauritius and the Seychelles protested the forced removals. There were also protest actions taken by Chagos Islanders, including street demonstrations and a hunger strike by six Chagossian women. In 2000, the British High Court granted the deportees the right to return, but they were never allowed to actually return. In 2019, the International Court of Justice delivered the advisory opinion that the removal of the islanders had not been lawful.

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Base occidentale US pour le Pétrole et l'influence (comme Israël) (Mai 1973)

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Rappel, avant le 07 Octobre 2023, des gisements gigantesque de Gaz ont été découvert au large de Gaza⬇️

AJ+ français on Instagram: "Quel lien entre un archipel situé au cœur de l’océan Indien et l’expulsion des Palestiniens de Gaza ? Spoiler : les mêmes recettes coloniales. AJ+ décortique comment, dans les années 60, les Britanniques ont vidé les îles Chagos – sur ordre américain – réduisant la population à l’exil pour raisons stratégiques."

2,998 likes, 68 comments - ajplusfrancais on September 29, 2025: "Quel lien entre un archipel situé au cœur de l’océan Indien et l’expulsion des Palestiniens de Gaza ? Spoiler : les mêmes recettes coloniales. AJ+ décortique comment, dans les années 60, les Britanniques ont vidé les îles Chagos – sur ordre américain – réduisant la population à l’exil pour raisons stratégiques.".

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« Quel lien entre un archipel situé au cœur de l’océan Indien et l’expulsion des #Palestiniens de #Gaza ? Spoiler : les mêmes recettes coloniales.
AJ+ décortique comment, dans les années 60, les Britanniques ont vidé les #îlesChagos – sur ordre américain – réduisant la population à l’exil pour raisons stratégiques. »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuz1cFqBaOI
#archipelDesChagos #Chagossiens #DiegoGarcia #déplacementsForcés #basesMilitairesAméricaines #violencesColoniales #Palestine

Des îles Chagos à Gaza, mêmes méthodes coloniales

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F-15E lands safely in Japan after wheel falls off

An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, landed safely despite a missing landing gear wheel, the Air Force’s 18th Wing said Monday morning. …
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #AIRFORCE #circulated-air-force-times #circulated-defense-news #circulated-military-times #defense-news #DiegoGarcia #dn-dnr #f-15estrikeeagle #kadenaairbase #mishap #news
https://www.alojapan.com/1338674/f-15e-lands-safely-in-japan-after-wheel-falls-off-2/

https://www.alojapan.com/1338674/f-15e-lands-safely-in-japan-after-wheel-falls-off-2/ F-15E lands safely in Japan after wheel falls off #AIRFORCE #CirculatedAirForceTimes #CirculatedDefenseNews #CirculatedMilitaryTimes #DefenseNews #DiegoGarcia #DnDnr #F15eStrikeEagle #Japan #JapanNews #KadenaAirBase #mishap #news An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, landed safely despite a missing landing gear wheel, the Air Force’s 18th Wing said Monday morning. The two airmen flying the fighter were uninjured