Posted on 08/15/2007 9:36:14 AM PDT by montyspython
Really???
I believe the sign indicates that it was shot down (during the illegal bombing of Serbia).
There was a UN resolution threatening “dire consequences” to Iraq...there was no UN resolution for the 1999 war on Serbia, however (78 days of NATO bombings).
(1) It is a violation of Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter that prohibits the use of force against a sovereign state where it has not committed aggression on other states. Serbia did not attack any neighboring states outside its sovereign borders.
(2) It is a violation of NATO's own charter which claims it is a defensive organizations and is only committed to force if one of its members is attacked.
(3) The so-called Rambouillet "Agreement" (there was no "agreement" by Serbia ) is a violation of Articles 51 and 52 of the 1980 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties which forbids coercion and force to compel any state to sign a treaty or agreement. Serbia is being asked to sign this "Agreement" through NATO bombs and missiles, anything but persuasion.
(4) It is a violation of the Helsinki Accords Final Act of 1975 which guarantees the territorial frontiers of the states of Europe.
(5) If the sequel to the bombing is recogntion of Kosovo as an independent state, this will violate international law that prohibits recognition of provinces that unilaterally declare independence against the wishes of the federal authorities.
(6) If the bombing of Yugoslavia results in the destruction of Serbian religious and historical sites, this will be in violation of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
(7) The Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (amended 1995) of the United Kingdom specifically states that "civilians shall not be the object of attack" (Schedule 5, Article 52.1) and that "civilians shall enjoy protection unless they take a direct part in hostilities" (Schedule 6, Article 13.3). Targeting the Serbian TV station at night when it was inhabited by civilians only constituted an intentional and premeditated attack on civilians.
(8) Beyond the above, there may be several other international regulations about the environment that is being violated by the attacks on chemical plants, fuel storage, and refineries. They include the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985, UNEP), the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987, UNEP), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992).
Thank you. You expressed my thoughts (with paragraphs) quite aptly. Clintoon issued the bombing of Yugoslavia at a time when his love affairs were erupting to divert attention. Bombing Yugoslavia was an illegal war. Yugoslavia was in the midst of a civil war.
Gee, every place we try and set up a radical Muslim state it seems to erupt into war.
Sheer Co-Inky-dink or my beeber is stuned.
Apologized? Are you on crack? Has the U.S. government apologized for murdering 5,000 people and causing $70,000,000,000 in direct damage? Not to mention the depleted uranium all over Serbia.
Well put.
However, it's ostensibly an easy exercise to violate Article 2 (4) when governments can create false arguments through the MSM (e.g. the BBC) that Serbs were engaging in the mass genocide of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Is it not?
Government leader deal with all kinds of people. Izzy was playing footsie with Ben Laden in Bosnia, for example.
Your “about page” say you’re an American of Bosnian origins American.
Serb or Croat?
I thought this story was from 10 years ago. Clinton and NATO solved all the problems in the area at that time /sarc
Or one of those rare Turks left over from the occupation?
a bit late to the party.
the war has never stopped.
there are pictures are churches being physically attacked, masacers, (the UN still has not adressed the dead christian children masacre), nor has anyone addressed the fact Saudi Arabia funding the radicals.
Kossovo indipendence is just wahabism incarnate.
Kosovo is a UN protectorate, as is Haiti. Our corrupt government is also inviting the UN back to Iraq to take over when we pull out. More of the same will follow.
YOU ARE POSTING A MOSLEM PROPAGANDA SITE.
http://www.savekosovo.org is the correct site
http://www.savekosova.org is a cloned propaganda site
Obviously you don’t want people to see the true horrors of Moslems pushing for “independent” wahabi funded kosovo.
You don’t want people to see the genocide against christians, the horror of mas murder, the nightmare of people forced from their homes by islamic thugs, churchs being torn down and vanalized.
This is another effort of “division” ala cyprus where those christians were slaughered and the churches have been looted and now used as animal stabals.
BEWARE FOLKS
WaterLane
Since Aug 4, 2007
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