Rules of War Broken in Falluja Assault - Amnesty Intl

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Rules of war that protect innocent civilians and combatants have been violated in the U.S-led offensive in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Monday.

The London-based group, which has provided evidence of what it described as breaching war rules, demanded on Monday an investigation to be launched to study all violation cases and that those responsible be brought to justice.

"All violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law must be investigated and those responsible for unlawful attacks, including deliberate targeting of civilians, indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks, and the killing of injured persons must be brought to justice," Amnesty said.




http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=5688

[maddezmom]

1. and Gen. Myers in Baghdad today...hmmmm

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x991256

[maddezmom]

3. hmmm, Powell tendered his resignation on Friday...did he see a report??

[LynnTheDem]

13. Powell's still got war crimes charges outstanding against him from 1991

Not that the bastards...any of them...will ever meet Justice in life.

[5X]

2. Could the war crimes tribunals have to do with the rats jumping ship? n/t

[bullimiami]

4. they didnt get the memo? the rules of war dont apply to bushco.

signed alberto gonzales.


lets see.
-aggressive war. (got a bunch of nazis executed)
-torture, murder
-looting iraq and changing the law to allow it


bush says "whatever"

[central scrutinizer]

10. Rules of war: how "quaint"

that is the word Gonzalez used to describe the torture prohibition in the Geneva Convention. They managed to find someone with even less respect for human rights and the Constitution than Ashcroft.

[Demeter]

14. Rules? We Don't Need No Stinking Rules!

We got ourselves a mandate! Not to mention the word of God revealed to our annointed leader.

And as for Powell resigning, it's CYA time. When he MIGHT have made an impact by resigning, he chose not to.

[selmo7]

5. and related story: UN Slams US torture

from Nov 12, some vow to prosecute Alberto Gonzales for war crimes -

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1112-01.htm

“According to Francis A Boyle, who teaches international law at the University of Illinois, 'As White House counsel, Alberto Gonzales originated, authorized, approved and aided and abetted grave breaches of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions of 1949, which are serious war crimes.'

" 'In other words, Gonzales is a prima facie war criminal. He must be prosecuted under the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. War Crimes Act,' Boyle told IPS.

" 'In any event, the U.S. Senate must reject his nomination, because, as a presumptive war criminal, Gonzales is not fit to be attorney general of the United States,' he continued.

" 'Should Gonzales travel around the world in that capacity, human rights lawyers such as myself will attempt to get him prosecuted along the lines of what happened to (former Chilean dictator) General (Pinochet,' said Boyle, author of 'Destroying World Order'. “

on edit: corrected typo

[Wickerman]

6. Shocked, I tell ya, I am shocked

I don't think Powell can escape charges by resigning, but Rummy? Dude, he is gonna find out Karma is one mean MF.

[MaryH]

8. No one is going to care!

There are no rules anymore.

[Az_lefty]

7. They need to aggressively investigate this.

don't need the news slowly leaking out like Abu-Ghrab...

[DeadManInc]

9. Bushco

I hope they are all tried for war crimes! Maybe we could let them use the Texas electric for them. Wouldn't that be hilarious.

[madrchsod]

11. big deal...

no one cares in the united states but a small group of people who actually care about our democracy. we are a crude and vulgar nation in the eyes of most of the civilized world. they used to admire the usa but now they see just what it is made of.

[LynnTheDem]

12. So that's ICRC...HRW...and now AI. A perfect war crimes score.

Well done, bushCo! Stupid bastards.