Bob Morris Posted on Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:38 am. Tags: Libya, war crimes
African mercenaries hired by the Gaddafi regime to kill Libyan protesters would be immune from prosecution for war crimes due to a clause in this weekend’s UN resolution that was demanded by the United States. This was done to protect mercenaries hired by the US in other conflicts from prosecution. So much for justice, so [...]
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Josh Mull Posted on Mon Jan 17, 2011 14:34 pm. Tags: accountability, Afghanistan, COIN, COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, DARRELL ISSA, GENERAL PETRAEUS, JOSHUA FOUST, Longest War, OVERSIGHT, PAULA BROADWELL, Rethink Afghanistan, war crimes, WATCHDOG
We have clear evidence that there may be an ongoing policy of collective punishment and expulsion, war crimes under international and US law, happening in Afghanistan, and it’s time for the House oversight committee to investigate.
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Josh Mull Posted on Fri May 21, 2010 15:36 pm. Tags: Afghanistan, Anti-war, COIN, counterinsurgency, crimes against humanity, Pakistan, Rethink Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, strategy, Tactics, Tamil Tigers, violence, war, war crimes
Counterinsurgency doctrine is the symptom of an idea more primeval and dangerous: violence is the solution.
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Bob Morris Posted on Mon Apr 5, 2010 15:29 pm. Tags: war crimes, Wikileaks
Boing Boing Wikileaks claims to have obtained and decrypted video that shows US occupying forces in an Apache helicopter intentionally firing on a dozen civilians in Baghdad, including journalists working for the Reuters news organization Update: As of 2PM PT, a Senior U.S. official is confirming authenticity of this video. No single piece of video [...]
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