Did Mining Giant Rio Tinto Promote War In Bougainville? http://ramumine.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/quotes-from-rio-tinto-managers-back-somares-claim-company-promoted-war/

While Rio Tinto Director Peter Taylor last week described as “completely unfounded” the sensational accusations from Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Michael Somare, that the mining company was responsible for the war on Bougainville that killed 15,000 people, quotes from Rio Tinto managers, published in an account of the war by academic Kristen Lasslett, appear to confirm Somare’s statements.

Somare has said that “because of Rio Tinto’s financial influence in PNG, the company controlled the government. The government of PNG followed Rio Tinto’s instructions and carried out its requests … BCL was directly involved in the military operations on Bougainville, and it played an active role. BCL supplied helicopters, which were used as gunships, the pilots, troop transportation, fuel and troop barracks.”

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