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| LNA soldiers accused of ‘heinous’ war crimes after Ganfouda victory |
| 2017-03-22 |
| [Libya Herald] The exhumation and apparent mutilation of the corpse of Islamist leader Jamal Makhzoum has been condemned as an "heinous" war crime by the Libyan Nation Commission for Human Rights (LNCHR). In a widely-shared social media video, the clearly-decomposing body of Makhzoum is shown strapped to the front of a car, kicked and then paraded by Libyan National Army (LNA) fighters. In an act of celebration they also shoot their guns in the air. The LNA is accused of committing a war crime by the LNCHR, who described the incident as a "despicable and heinous crime incompatible with human values." Article 15 of the first 1949 Geneva Convention states parties to conflict when dealing with dead bodies must "prevent their being despoiled." The LNCHR argued it was a "flagrant violation of the rules of law and international humanitarian law." In other photographs, dead murderous Moslems can be seen thrown on top of each other, sprawled across the ground. LNA fighters also pose with the bodies and take ’selfies.’ The Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council (BRSC) announced this week that Makhzoum, their former leader, had been killed in Ganfouda. LNA front man Ahmed Mismari said yesterday they had found a mass grave of Islamist myrmidons, including Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... commanders and the corpse of Makhzoum. Mismari said the Red Islamic Thingy was going to be recovering the other bodies. Many social media users have said how disgusting the footage is. Some compare the behaviour of the soldiers to that of the so-called Islamist State. Images of hanged and mutilated corpses from the Qadaffy era have also been shared. There has in addition been condemnation of the silence thus far of international diplomats. The LNCHR called on the Benghazi attorney-general and the House of Representatives to open an investigation immediately. Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, Bossy had come up with a new idea, one that didn't involve kerosene... the Moslem Brüderbund-linked Justice and Construction Party deplored the incident and in its turn called on human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. organizations to investigate. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "despicable and heinous crime incompatible with human values" Maybe the women could just volunteer to be raped instead? |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-03-22 11:01 |
| #2 "despicable and heinous crime incompatible with human values" So mutilation of a corpse as a crime is distinguishable from creating the corpse? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-22 10:17 |
| #1 Many social media users have said how disgusting the footage is. Apparently nobody remembers the Apache. Then again, they didn't have social media in the 19th century. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-03-22 08:29 |