Monday, January 30, 2017

Multiple War Crimes in Yemen - United Nations

Likely coming as no surprise to anyone is confirmation from the United Nations of repeated war crimes in the ongoing slaughter of the Yemeni people by the Saudis with profitable assistance from America and Britain as primary weapons suppliers.



An expert UN panel investigating ten separate airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen - in which at least 292 civilians died - has found that most were the result of an ‘ineffective targeting process’ or deliberate attacks on peaceful targets.

"In eight of the 10 investigations, the panel found no evidence that the airstrikes had targeted legitimate military objectives," the 63-page report presented to the UN Security Council on Friday stated, which has been obtained by Reuters. "For all 10 investigations, the panel considers it almost certain that the coalition did not meet international humanitarian law requirements of proportionality and precautions in attack.”

- RT: ‘No legitimate military objectives’: UN panel finds Saudi strikes in Yemen may amount to war crimes

They didn't say the strikes 'may' be war crimes since 'almost certain' goes well past the headline's weak statement.


The champions of the Q-lib caterwauling, Obama and Clinton, were pushing weapons to Saudi Arabia to the tune of billions of dollars and likely all have seen the self-righteousness about doing it.


There's no need to flog anything with us so let's get straight to the beauty part of some of the most outrageous examples of Middle East doublespeak in which it's not a crime to commit war crimes but it is a crime to try to prevent them.  (RT:  UK activists detained for disarming Saudi-bound warplanes to prevent ‘war crimes’ in Yemen)

How about that glory.

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