'War criminal! Out!' Protesters greet Hillary Clinton as she becomes chancellor of university in Northern Ireland
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24 Sep, 2021
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Was elected chancellor of Queen's University for political reasons
Former US top diplomat and failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton became the first female chancellor of Queen's University in Belfast, but her triumphant entrance was picketed by hecklers protesting her as a "war criminal." Clinton was inaugurated on Friday as the first-ever female chancellor of Queen's ... Cries of "Shame on Queen's! Shame on you!" and "War criminal! Out! Out! Out!" could be heard from protesters outside the university's gates as Clinton made her way into the building, a little girl following behind carrying her cape. "We are delighted that Secretary Clinton has been able to travel to Belfast to be formally installed as the University's 11th chancellor," said Ian Greer, the president and vice-chancellor who actually runs Queen's on a daily basis...
Clinton was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in 2018, in recognition of her "exceptional public service in the US and globally, and for her contribution to peace and reconciliation" in Northern Ireland. She was first lady during the presidency of Bill Clinton, when the Good Friday Agreement ended most of the political violence of the Troubles between the Catholics and the Protestants.
To protesters outside, however, Clinton was a "war criminal" responsible for the destruction of Libya in 2011, when she led the State Department during the first Obama administration. After the US-led "regime change" intervention, the once-prosperous North African nation collapsed into a decade-long conflict between regional warlords. It was reported at one point that migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were being trafficked at open-air slave markets.













