war crimes

War crimes are violations of the ethics of war and vary from one nation to another. Broadly conceived, however, war crimes are the wanton infliction of pain and suffering on non-combatants or prisoners of war.

Though war crimes may refer to the destruction of cities and townships, it is more broadly discussed in relation to the deliberate attempt to violate the human rights of non-combatants and prisoners of war.

Even within war there are rules of engagement, and there are circumstances that differentiate a just from an unjust war. War crimes are always a violation of human rights and always a violation of individual civil liberties.

 

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “war crimes”

• Is Erik Prince ‘Graymailing’ the US Government?

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 567
  Source: The Nation – Jeremy Scahill The in-depth Vanity Fair profile of the infamous owner of Blackwater, Erik Prince, is remarkable on many levels–not least among them that Prince appeared to give the story’s author, former CIA lawyer Adam Ciralsky, unprecedented access to information about sensitive, ...
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• JERUSALEM POST FINDS A SOLUTION TO GAZA’S HOUSING PROBLEMS

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 585
  Two-story houses built of wood and enforced by sand bags could help alleviate the housing crisis in Gaza. An Egyptian architect has designed a house costing only $2000 to construct, without using materials such as concrete or steel, banned from entering the territory by Israel. Sounds ...
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• Jewish Nazism!

  
  Attending the World — Authority: 112
  I know the word infuriates these pigs.. just like the picture below infuriated me. These pigs deserve to be at the bottom of the Mediterranean. The Captions states: One of the settlers thugs throws wine at a Palestinian lady during the Holy month of Ramadan, on the streets of  Hebron. Elsewhere, these apes ...
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• The UN Must End Israel War Crimes

  
  Kawther Salam The Daily Life of Kawther Salam — Authority: 122
  Following the activities of the “Annual Observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People” which was held on December 1 2009 at the UN center in Vienna in which Mr.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• SECOND GOLDSTONE REPORT IN THE MAKING

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 585
  ‘Tis the Season to make war on Gaza’ …. Almost an exact year since the start of the ‘Chanukah Masacre’, it looks like it did then. The Palestinian Information Centre just issued the following : Rafah under attack GAZA, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and ...
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• Blackwater

  
  Suburban Guerrilla — Authority: 622
  This story gets more interesting by the day.
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• Obama’s Contributions to a Dying Empire

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 143
  Old habits die hard, especially imperialist ones. Imperial imperatives, whether economic, geopolitical, or ideological, persist because the ruling elites are dependent on them. In order to conceal... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• MESSAGE TO OBAMA: YOU CAN’T HAVE MUHAMMAD ALI

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 585
  By Dave Zirin On November 19th, President Barack Obama wrote a stirring tribute in USA Today to the most famous draft resister in US history, Muhammad Ali.  On Tuesday, Obama spoke at West Point, calling for an increase of 30,000 troops into Afghanistan, with a speech that recalled the worst shadings of ...
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• Orientalist Discourse And The ‘Irrational Savage’

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 677
  There are those of us who choose to believe, and those who would love to have us believe, that it was specifically 9/11 and al-Qaeda that “gave Muslims and Arabs a bad name.” This notion is promoted among Muslims, non-Muslims, Arabs and non-Arabs alike. Obamawama is a keen cheerleader to this concept, as expressed ...
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• When Will The United States Be Held Accountable For Torture?

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 677
  Autopsy No: ME04-14; 45 year old white male detainee died while in US custody. Cause of death: Blunt Force Injuries and Asphyxia; Manner of Death: Homicide. Autopsy revealed deep bruising of the chest wall, numerous displaced rib fractures, bruising on the lungs, hemorrhage into the mesentery of the small and large ...
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• Yoo, OPR, and the Ninth Circuit

  
  freedetainees.org — Authority: 131
  By: emptywheel Scott Horton notes that the Obama Administration has made new sweeping arguments about why John Yoo should not be held responsible for authorizing torture used on Jose Padilla. The Holder Justice Department has filed a sweeping amicus brief in the Padilla v. Yoo case before the Ninth Circuit, seeking ...
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• UN Denigrates Solidarity With Palestine

  
  Kawther Salam The Daily Life of Kawther Salam — Authority: 122
  Ban Ki-moons Concern and 62 Years of Nakba,Israel Criticized Sharply at the UN in ViennaJournalists rarely write about what is goes on in the offices of the United Nations in New York and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Darfur: Is the war over or is the world losing interest?

  
  Global News Blog — Authority: 495
  It’s more than six years since mostly non-Arab rebels in Sudan’s western Darfur region revolted after accusing Khartoum of neglecting their remote corner of Africa’s biggest country. Khartoum’s U.N. Ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, declared in New York this week that the “war in Darfur is over.” ...
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• Moroccan Commando Join Saleh’s Forces?

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 436
  The reports of Moroccan commandos have been floating around for a few days, here’s one . So now in the Sa’ada war we have the Yemeni army and air force strongly augmented if not led by Saudi troops and air strikes. As well as reports of Jordanian and Moroccan special forces on the side of the Yemeni government. ...
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• Amnesty Calls On Saudi Arabia to Investigate Yemeni Civilians Killed in Bombing

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 436
  This is a follow up on our earlier report, Children in Yemen Killed by Saudi Bombs . Amnesty is asking for an investigation, just like the UN said Yemen must investigate widespread torture, and Amnesty called for an inquiry into the disappearance of Mohammed al Maqelah and the killing of 87 civilians in September ...
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• Is President Obama’s Surge A Trap?

  
  Moral Philosophy and Current Events — Authority: 125
  By Cynthia McKinney December 03, 2009 Global Research President Obama announced both his decision to add 30,000 U.S. troops to the mire in Afghanistan and his desire to see other countries and N.A.T.O. match his surge. Thanks to U.S. taxpayers, mercenaries will continue to be a part of the foreign presence in ...
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• This Nazi trial is a mockery of justice | David Cesarani

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  It will be a disaster if the Demjanjuk case brings into disrepute the pursuit of others who commit crimes against humanity There is little doubt that John Demjanjuk is a liar who for decades while he lived in America concealed his role as a Nazi collaborator; but his trial in Munich is in danger of becoming a farce ...
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• UN prosecutor gives Serbia positive report (AP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 172
  AP – Serbia is cooperating with the U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia but the arrest … See the rest here: (AP)"> (AP)">UN prosecutor gives Serbia positive report (AP)
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• Israel Must End Siege, Appear Before ICJ

  
  Sabbah — Authority: 143
  Louisa Morgantini - at Billin Conference - 2007 The former Vice-President of the European Union, Louisa Morgantini, said that Israel must end the siege on the Gaza Strip and that it is necessary that it appears before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). She told WAFA after a press conference held on the ...
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• Netherlands says UN prosecutor’s report on Serbia ‘positive’ (AFP)

  
  enUws — Authority: 172
  AFP – Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen described as “positive” Thursday a report on Serbia’s cooperation with a UN … The rest is here: (AFP)"> (AFP)">Netherlands says UN prosecutor’s report on Serbia ‘positive’ (AFP)
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