The UK & US Liberate an island and show us how they like to practice what they preach

“Four decades ago, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union were racing to get footholds in this region, the U.S. discovered Diego Garcia, a coral island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. The Americans had asked the British, their longtime allies, who still had colonies in the region, to find an uninhabited island for their base. There was just one problem — there were inhabitants on Diego Garcia and they have been living there for more than 200 years.

But the British didn’t see that as a problem. They simply moved all the inhabitants 1,200 miles away to other tropical islands, Mauritius and the Seychelles. “When the final time came and the ships were chartered, they weren’t allowed to take anything with them except a suitcase of their clothes. The ships were small and they could take nothing else, no furniture, nothing.

The islanders say the other force that got them out was fear when British officials ordered their pets to be exterminated. They were gassed with exhaust fumes from American military vehicles.

The people of Diego Garcia say they left paradise and landed in hell when they were dumped here in the urban slums of Mauritius. They had brought no possessions and as islanders who had lived off fishing and farming they had no real professional skills. No one helped them resettle or pay for the homes they lost. They were forced to become squatters in a foreign land.

So last August, the islanders appealed directly to President Bush. The Bush administration, however, said it was Britain’s call: ‘Because of the vital role the facility plays in the global war on terrorism, British authorities have denied permission to visit Diego Garcia. We concur and support the decision.’

“The Americans and the British always talk about the champions of human rights. What they did to us they should rectify, they should look after us. You know, they should do what they preach.”“

(Extracted from Chapel Perilous)

Also see the Official site of the United States Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia for the island history. Nothing mentioned about how they aquired the island