Crimes against Humanity Have Gone Unrecognized by International Law
Published in Thawra Al-Wehda
(Syria) on 30 August 2011
by Manhal Ibrahim (link to original)
(Syria) on 30 August 2011
by Manhal Ibrahim (link to original)
Translated from
by Kate Meekings.
Edited by Rica Asuncion-Reed.
We are saddened to see some Western powers, under U.S. leadership, playing with the fate of the region — shamefully and provocatively jockeying for position and vying to interfere, in order to win a piece of the Arab pie. The pieces of this pie have become more and more separated from each other for reasons that are trivial and without substantial basis, most prominently, being deceived by Western lies. The West is leading the region to a mirage that looks like water from far away but turns out to be an oasis of thirst and pain.
It would not be a stretch of the imagination to say that one day the West — with all of its desire, its classic, traditional greed and suspicious objectives, both declared and hidden — will fuel the crises that afflict the region and direct them negatively, in order to reap the long- and short-term rewards.
The United States, France and the United Kingdom are like the Bermuda Triangle: Rights are forever lost and all slogans of freedom and democracy disappear within it, as though they had never existed. The Zionist entity, which is a head of sedition, is one of the engines driving this odious Triangle in their detestable interventions in regional affairs, leaving the door wide open for them to go in overtly or opening a back door for them to slip through with malicious cunning.
With regard to Libya, the Western intervention there, the scale of the war, the excessive military force used, the mobilization and the international call to war against the country almost resemble the American invasion of Iraq. The U.S. led this invasion in cold blood, igniting Iraq, bathing it in blood and stripping the Iraqis of their unity and security in a manner that exceeded all expectations.
The French general has taken on Uncle Sam’s usual leading role this time in striking Libya, setting himself as the spearhead of NATO operations and the devastating Atlantic campaign against military facilities and unarmed civilians, which have sown destruction, devastation and agonizing death in a manner pleasing NATO’s conceit. And let’s not fail to mention that the U.S. was responsible for a quarter of the NATO operations.
The French stubbornness and insistence on leading the NATO operations in Libya confirm that its colonial intentions in Libya and the region have been brought back to life. This is in spite of its claims that it fears for the Libyan people and seeks to alleviate Arab and others’ anger after the experience of the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan — as well as the Arab and international resentment, and the political and strategic failures that these experiences have engendered.
There is no doubt that the narrow estimations of French president Nicolas Sarkozy are behind his reckless colonial decision to plunge into the conflict to reap electoral and oil gains. These do not mean a thing when faced with the cascades of blood that have poured from the veins of innocent children, women, old and young, and that have watered the Libyan desert. This blood would be more useful injected or preserved in the bodies of its owners, to use it to restore the structures of the country.
It is certain that the French objective in leading the Atlantic military campaign against Libya is to establish a new geopolitical reality for the region — not to mention that France dreams of controlling North Africa’s energy resources, from Libya to Algeria and Tunisia, far from American hegemony over Iraqi oil.
The military intervention, without the slightest doubt, will present a legal and moral dilemma for NATO, which has devoted all its efforts to killing Libyans. This does not bother many nations in the alliance though; their dictionary does not even recognize these words. Instead they go into war, using various pretexts with the public under the cover of legitimacy as full of holes as a sieve.
The U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, passed on 17 March, accords U.N. members the right to undertake necessary measures to protect civilians and densely populated areas by enforcing a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace. This follows a U.N. summit agreement in 2005, which entrusted the international community with the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. NATO has absolutely not complied with this, since its military actions amount unambiguously to war crimes.
The law that authorized the use of military action stipulated success and protection of civilians as the primary priorities. This has not been the case in bereaved Libya. Instead of stopping military operations by a strict U.N. resolution to end the killing, we find time elapsing and NATO’s war machine harvesting more death and destruction, turning Libya head over heels with internal killings between the sons of this one country. This is a detestable and grievous state of affairs that should be ended as quickly as possible. Libya needs the blood of all its sons; and they need to end this tragic drama and put a stop to NATO’s intervention and ongoing criminal operations, which have not distinguished one Libyan from another. This is what the people need to be aware of first and last.
It would not be a stretch of the imagination to say that one day the West — with all of its desire, its classic, traditional greed and suspicious objectives, both declared and hidden — will fuel the crises that afflict the region and direct them negatively, in order to reap the long- and short-term rewards.
The United States, France and the United Kingdom are like the Bermuda Triangle: Rights are forever lost and all slogans of freedom and democracy disappear within it, as though they had never existed. The Zionist entity, which is a head of sedition, is one of the engines driving this odious Triangle in their detestable interventions in regional affairs, leaving the door wide open for them to go in overtly or opening a back door for them to slip through with malicious cunning.
With regard to Libya, the Western intervention there, the scale of the war, the excessive military force used, the mobilization and the international call to war against the country almost resemble the American invasion of Iraq. The U.S. led this invasion in cold blood, igniting Iraq, bathing it in blood and stripping the Iraqis of their unity and security in a manner that exceeded all expectations.
The French general has taken on Uncle Sam’s usual leading role this time in striking Libya, setting himself as the spearhead of NATO operations and the devastating Atlantic campaign against military facilities and unarmed civilians, which have sown destruction, devastation and agonizing death in a manner pleasing NATO’s conceit. And let’s not fail to mention that the U.S. was responsible for a quarter of the NATO operations.
The French stubbornness and insistence on leading the NATO operations in Libya confirm that its colonial intentions in Libya and the region have been brought back to life. This is in spite of its claims that it fears for the Libyan people and seeks to alleviate Arab and others’ anger after the experience of the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan — as well as the Arab and international resentment, and the political and strategic failures that these experiences have engendered.
There is no doubt that the narrow estimations of French president Nicolas Sarkozy are behind his reckless colonial decision to plunge into the conflict to reap electoral and oil gains. These do not mean a thing when faced with the cascades of blood that have poured from the veins of innocent children, women, old and young, and that have watered the Libyan desert. This blood would be more useful injected or preserved in the bodies of its owners, to use it to restore the structures of the country.
It is certain that the French objective in leading the Atlantic military campaign against Libya is to establish a new geopolitical reality for the region — not to mention that France dreams of controlling North Africa’s energy resources, from Libya to Algeria and Tunisia, far from American hegemony over Iraqi oil.
The military intervention, without the slightest doubt, will present a legal and moral dilemma for NATO, which has devoted all its efforts to killing Libyans. This does not bother many nations in the alliance though; their dictionary does not even recognize these words. Instead they go into war, using various pretexts with the public under the cover of legitimacy as full of holes as a sieve.
The U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, passed on 17 March, accords U.N. members the right to undertake necessary measures to protect civilians and densely populated areas by enforcing a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace. This follows a U.N. summit agreement in 2005, which entrusted the international community with the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. NATO has absolutely not complied with this, since its military actions amount unambiguously to war crimes.
The law that authorized the use of military action stipulated success and protection of civilians as the primary priorities. This has not been the case in bereaved Libya. Instead of stopping military operations by a strict U.N. resolution to end the killing, we find time elapsing and NATO’s war machine harvesting more death and destruction, turning Libya head over heels with internal killings between the sons of this one country. This is a detestable and grievous state of affairs that should be ended as quickly as possible. Libya needs the blood of all its sons; and they need to end this tragic drama and put a stop to NATO’s intervention and ongoing criminal operations, which have not distinguished one Libyan from another. This is what the people need to be aware of first and last.