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| UN sees possible Mideast war crimes |
| 2006-07-19 |
| UNITED Nations human rights chief Louise Arbour said today the scale of killing in Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories could involve war crimes. Expressing grave concern at the killing and maiming of civilians in the region, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said international humanitarian law was clear on the need to protect non-combatants. "This obligation is also expressed in international criminal law, which defines war crimes and crimes against humanity," she said in a statement. "The scale of the killings in the region, and their predictability, could engage the personal criminal responsibility of those involved, particularly those in a position of command and control," she said without pointing the finger at anyone in particular. Ms Arbour, a former Canadian Supreme Court judge and war crimes prosecutor, said the "indiscriminate shelling" of cities and the bombing of sites where innocent civilians would inevitably suffer were both unacceptable. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #17 ""indiscriminate shelling" of cities and the bombing of sites where innocent civilians would inevitably suffer were both unacceptable." Hizballah is guilty of the above statement, not Israel, therefore no Also, exJAG brings puts the nail in the coffin with the statement "US is not a signatory", neither is Israel. The UN Human Rights Commission is just a cover for anti-West hatred. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2006-07-20 00:09 |
| #16 How about shooting hundreds of unguided rockets into civilian areas? That also is a war crime,how about kidnapping civilians,war crime too, but the UN isn't interested in that. Every death from those rockets has been a civilian. They are full of shit at the UN and it does my heart good to see them marginalized to the point of being invisible. |
| Posted by: Crerelet Flamp6464 2006-07-20 00:01 |
| #15 The UN force was designed to be ineffective. |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-07-19 23:58 |
| #14 //a cancer that needs removed. Posted by DarthVader 2006-07-19 20:17|| Front Page|| ||Comments Top // war krime |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2006-07-19 20:37 |
| #13 I assume they're talking about the UN forces guarding the Blue zone between Lebanon and Israel which allowed the initial attacks and the kidnapping of soldiers. Well I can dream. |
| Posted by: SSET 2006-07-19 20:20 |
| #12 And 3 million dead Sudanese don't raise a whisper because they are not Arab muslims. Indict Ms. Arbour for complicity in genocide. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-19 20:17 |
| #11 Get rid of the UN. It is a cancer that needs removed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-07-19 20:17 |
| #10 As far as I've been able to determine, "international humanitarian law" means 1. the Hague and Geneva Conventions (which are the meat & potatoes of what is properly called the law of war); 2. a bunch of UN treaties that either (a) the US is not a signatory to or (b) have not been ratified by enough countries to enter into force; and 3. anything else on the tranzi wish list that promotes leftist/Islamist goals, usually prejudicial to the lives of Americans and Israelis. The very concept of "IHL" is propaganda, because it suggests that states are legally bound to never kill civilians under any circumstances, so if they do it's a war crime. Terrorists are not state actors, of course, so they're exempt. It also implies that certain treaties that would empower terrorists, such as GC Protocol I, are binding law, when they are no more than a diplomat's fart. |
| Posted by: exJAG 2006-07-19 20:06 |
| #9 ...she said without pointing the finger at anyone in particular. C'mon, Louise. Say it. You know you want to. Don't hold it in. We know your thinking it. So go ahead and let it out... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-19 20:05 |
| #8 In fact, I have difficulty pointing to something they've done that isn't a war crime. Breathe? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-07-19 20:04 |
| #7 Where's Cujo Annan? Is he driving a new car? |
| Posted by: mrp 2006-07-19 19:57 |
| #6 The UN is a crime against humanity. Imagine all the needless suffering that would end if we just hanged the lot of them. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2006-07-19 19:49 |
| #5 I never heard of "international humanitarian law, and I was an international law adviser. Thank you. I thought they were making it up on the fly.! |
| Posted by: J. D. Lux 2006-07-19 19:46 |
| #4 Weezie again. Oy. I never heard of "international humanitarian law, and I was an international law adviser. Law of war, yes, LOAC, yes, MOOTW, yes, but never this IHL business. I finally figured out that "muzzbats" (LOL, credit to Whineter Gloger7385) use the term as code for whatever they *would like* int'l law to prohibit, i.e., harm to their side. As y'all correctly observe, they only start whining when Israel starts shooting back. Israel is, of course, following all the rules, just like we do: hitting miitary objectives, using proportionate force, and doing their damndest to discriminate between combatants and civilians. The fact that civilians happen to die as the result of their being used as human shields, or in collateral damage despite every effort to avoid it, is *not* a war crime. It is war, war is hell, and war is what Hizb'allah wanted. On the contrary, it's evidence of one more of the many war crimes committed by Hizb'allah (using civilians as human shields). In fact, I have difficulty pointing to something they've done that isn't a war crime. |
| Posted by: exJAG 2006-07-19 19:41 |
| #3 The UN suspects that the Israelis may actually be intending to *hurt* Hezbollah people, which is in contravention of UN rule #347593473-A, that clearly states "No hurting people." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-19 19:16 |
| #2 Don't forget: To the U.N. All Terrorists are Peaceloving Civilians... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-07-19 19:09 |
| #1 Ms Arbour, a former Canadian Supreme Court judge and war crimes prosecutor, said the "indiscriminate shelling" of cities and the bombing of sites where innocent civilians would inevitably suffer were both unacceptable. Note they only start talking about war crimes when the Israelis start shooting back. So long as indiscriminate fire is headed towards the Israelis, these assholes don't care. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-07-19 19:06 |