03/03/2012
On 19 March last year, the UN Security Council decided to intervene militarily in Libya to protect unarmed, civilian citizens. The military intervention, which lasted more than seven months, consisted of continuos air surveillance, raids, reported ground actions and arms provision to the “insurgents” as part of such “protection” to the population of the oil-rich country.
*Displaced people in eastern Libya outside Ajdabiya | Credit:United Nations
But now the UN-mandated commission of inquiry that probed human rights abuses in Libya reported that “crimes against humanity and war crimes” were committed by both the troops loyal to the former ruler, Muammar al-Qadhafi, and the forces that fought to oust him.
read more »
Posted in Middle East, The Peoples, War Lords |
Leave a Comment »
03/03/2012
By Bill Van Auken, WSWS* – Testifying before a Senate committee Tuesday [1 March], Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated that Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad could be branded a “war criminal.”
**Image Source | Wikimedia Commons
“Based on definitions of war criminal and crimes against humanity, there would be an argument to be made that he [Assad] would fit into that category,” Clinton told the Senate panel.
The ratcheting up of Washington’s rhetoric is aimed at winning public support for yet another imperialist intervention in the Middle East, with regime-change once again dressed up as a crusade for human rights. Clinton’s statement, however, begs a question.
How precisely does she determine when armed violence against civilians constitutes a war crime?.
read more »
Posted in Middle East, Others-USA-Europe-etc., The Peoples, War Lords |
Leave a Comment »
02/03/2012
NAIROBI (IRIN)* – Huge mirrors in space, petrifying carbon dioxide, algae farms, and lots of white paint – these are some of the ideas being proposed to offset global warming amid fears that temperatures might rise by more than two degrees Celsius by the end of this century.
**Image: Robert A. Rohde | Wikimedia Commons.
“Global warming is driven by an increase in human-generated greenhouse gases (GHG), such as water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone and methane, by burning coal, oil and natural gas. The gases trap heat in the atmosphere, keeping the planet warmer than it would be otherwise.”
read more »
Posted in Market Lords, Mother Earth |
7 Comments »
HUMAN WRONGS WATCH 
