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.

 

Original Technorati articles tagged “war crimes”

• in Politics
  Bush Convicted of War Crimes
  The first conviction for war crimes against Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld passes and the mainstream press virtually ignores it.
  by anthonylock / on May 30, 2012
• in Politics
  Panetta Mens Rea
  Telling Soldiers To Not Seek Revenge Like Telling A Dog Not To Bark
  by Mozart99 / on May 5, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Honor of American Military Plummets to New Low
  Soldiers for money has predicted side effects
  by Mozart99 / on Jan 12, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “war crimes”

 

• The killing of Mohammed al-Durrah in Gaza became the defining image of the second intifada. Only Israel claims it was all a fake - Independent

  
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  One of the most evocative and shocking episodes of the second Intifada, the shooting of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy by the Israeli army, was staged. Indeed, Mohammed al-Durrah was not even injured in the incident. Those, at least, are the findings of an investigation by the Israeli government, published today, which ...
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• America: A Modern-Day Sparta

  
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  Stephen Lendman Activist Post Permanent war is longstanding policy. America deplores peace. Throughout its history, its waged war annually at home and/or abroad. Today it does so globally. Giving peace a chance is loathed. Direct or proxy wars rage in multiple countries. "Yes we can" reflects Obamas pro-war, ...
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• Effort afoot at public television to deep-six hard-hitting "Nuclear Savage" documentary?

  
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  A new documentary film, Nuclear Savage, by documentary filmmaker Adam Jonas Horowitz, should have been shown on PBS this month, but may be running into resistance by persons unknown at the publicly-funded U.S.-based public-television network that includes World Channel content. A story in this week’s edition of The ...
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• Kennedy’s insistence on right of return prompted Ben-Gurion to rewrite history: They fled ‘of their own free will’

  
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  Incredible piece of reporting on the Nakba at Haaretz from Shay Hazkani, and meaningful at many levels. It shows what the scholar Victor Kattan has documented , that several US presidents were for the right of return. Kennedy wanted several hundred thousand to be allowed to return, and Israel said 20-30,000. And ...
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• Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture

  
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  image source Stephen Lendman Activist Post Guantanamo detention constitutes torture, abuse and ill-treatment. Long-term detention compounds it. Force-feeding increases unconscionable pain and suffering. Doing so violates core rule of law principles. Around 130 of 166 Guantanamo detainees refuse food. Theyre ...
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• 10 Examples of Bush and The Republicans Using Government Power to Target Critics

  
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  They say two wrongs dont make a right, but ignoring one of those wrongs while vilifying the other is intellectually dishonest and violently hypocritical, among other things. And certainly thats the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Annual Cost per Detainee: $900,000

  
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• Our Moral Crisis

  
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• Dr. Kevin Barrett - "Unfreedom Tower casts a dark shadow over ‘Gulag America’"

  
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• NOT QUITE HUMANS—Soul-Less American People Silently Accept the Wholesale Dehumanization of Palestinian People

  
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  [It should be setting-off loud alarm bells in vast spaces, far wider than just the inside of my own head, that neither English nor any other known language is capable of adequately describing the excesses to which the American people and Americanized people of the world have sunk.  I am not here referring to any […]
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• Japan ruling party executive to keep visiting war shrine

  
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• Will Pakistan finally stand up against illegal US drone attacks? | Clive Stafford Smith

  
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• Nonviolent Justice and the Rule of Law Win the Day, Better Than Revolution and Endless Killing

  
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• Rule Britannia for Global Crimes by Finian Cunningham

  
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  by Finian Cunningham Writer, Dandelion Salad East Africa Crossposted from PressTV May 8, 2013 It’s an anthem that is usually sung with chest-thumping pride and misty eyes by British imperialists. “Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves”. This jingoistic celebration of Britain’s former global conquest may ...
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• Conviction of Efraín Ríos Montt and the need for accountability

  
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  Image courtesy The Guardian On 10 May 2013, former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 80 years in prison. It was the first time that an ex-head of state had been convicted for genocide by a court in his or her own country. The case is ...
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• Benghazi: If it’s openly being talked about, it’s not a coverup

  
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• Election Day bombings sweep Pakistan: Over 20 killed, dozens injured (LIVE UPDATES)

  
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• Former Guatemala Dictator Sentenced to 80 Years for Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity

  
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  General Efraín Ríos Montt (center) announces his military coup, Guatemala City, March 23, 1982 (Bettman/Corbis) May 10, 2013 - Guatemalas former leader, Efrain Rios Montt, 86, was convicted in court today on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the most brutal part of countrys 36-year civil ...
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