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| US violated Geneva Conventions during my detention |
| 2010-01-31 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] An Iranian aviation expert who was mistreated by US agents for two years while detained in Thailand says his case is proof of human rights violations by the United States. Jamshid Qassemi was arrested at Bangkok airport after the US administration made serious accusations against him and sought to imprison him for 45 years. "The international community should also be held accountable for the human rights violations committed by the US and Britain during my detention," Qassemi told Islamic Republic News Agency in an exclusive interview on Saturday. He said he was working in state projects as an Iranian government employee responsible for purchasing spare parts for Iranian passenger planes and overhauling the aircraft. Qassemi said US agents broke his teeth, injured his knees, and chained him up when they took him to the court, which are violations of the Geneva Conventions. US intelligence officials accused him of endangering US national security and being an arms smuggler. "I was not a terrorist. The Iranian government supported me while the US authorities had no evidence against me," Qassemi said. He explained that the Thai authorities refused to extradite him to the US after the local court cleared him of the charges. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 An Iranian aviation expert who was mistreated by US agent Given the number of Iranian planes loaded with high ranking officials who have gone down recently the "mistreatment" must have been beingh given $$$$$ along with a medal. |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-01-31 16:45 |
| #4 He is right. US had the duty to shoot him and didn't comply. The GC were never intended for making the good guys fight with an arm tied behind he back but to make war a bit less inhuman. Thus a fundamental requirement was make the crime not to pay: if the enemy just thinks in shooting at you from a civilian area he must know that you will you shoot back _and_ that if taken alive you will make him regret it have done so. Thus he doesn't do that. But tilme and again US and other westen coyuntries (in part due to fear of a public opinion misinformed by leftist journalists and writers) have allowed their opponents to use the GC rules against them without taking advantage of the rules against cheaters. Thousans opf people habve dies unnecessarily in the battlefield and millions, like in Vietnam and Cambodia, after the victories handed on a silver platter to the bad guys |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-01-31 16:41 |
| #3 He should consider himself lucky the Liberians weren't "questioning" him. |
| Posted by: Snumble the Wide1145 2010-01-31 10:28 |
| #2 One of the Principles of the GC was to differentiate between combatant and civilian. Since the 'other side' has received special journalistic dispensation from complying with the tenets of the GC, and thus in massive violation of the GC, to differentiate between the two, crap is going to happen. Since the 'other side' has no interest in complying with the GC, there's no compulsion for the other belligerent to comply with it other than cultural imperatives. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-01-31 09:41 |
| #1 His status is not defined in the article, so it is difficult to acertain under the Geneva Conventions or subsequent Protocols. Is Jamshid Qassemi an enemy combatant, civilian, or hors de combat ? |
| Posted by: Deadeye Unotle7001 2010-01-31 08:54 |