Posted on 01/03/2020 6:03:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing, said on Thursday night that the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian terrorist mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani was a violation of international law.
The U.N. has been oddly quiet about Soleimanis violations of international law, including activities that indisputably violated U.N. sanctions.
The targeted killings of Qasem Soleiman and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis are most likely unlawful and violate international human rights law: Outside the context of active hostilities, the use of drones or other means for targeted killing is almost never likely to be legal, Callamard wrote on Twitter.
She proceeded to lay out an impossibly stringent standard for preventive action that becomes grotesquely amusing when measured against Soleimanis malign activities, not least his involvement in an undisputed act of war against the United States, the attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad last week:
To be justified under international human rights law, intentionally lethal or potentially lethal force can only be used where strictly necessary to protect against an imminent threat to life.
In other words, whoever targeted these two men would need to demonstrate that the persons targeted constitute(d) an imminent threat to others. An individuals past involvement in terrorist attacks is not sufficient to make his targeting for killing lawful.
Furthermore, drone killing of anyone other than the target (family members or others in the vicinity, for example) would be an arbitrary deprivation of life under human rights law and could result in State responsibility and individual criminal liability.
The use of drones on the territory of other States has also been justified on the basis of self-defense. Under customary international law States can take military action if the threatened attack is imminent, no other means would deflect it, and the action is proportionate.
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So?
That’s a nice bit of property they have on the east side, we could house a lot of homeless people in there.
The only option the UN has, as I see, is to put together a formidable coalition army and attack us.
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LOL!!!!
What a vision you conjure up!
LOL!!!!
On reflection, we are hearing the voice of the cowardly pacifist Europeans. The European ox still trading with Iran in violation of sanctions was severely gored.
They know that there can be sanctions against European banks dealing with Iran that will essentially shut down European trade
Yes!
Designate all non-American UN personnel “person non-grata”, (what-ever)with 24 hours to get out our country. Those who have not met the deadline will be taken beyond our continental limits. They would be issued a row boat and put over the side.
The UN building would be converted into a homeless shelter. The basements would be reserved for liberal politicians, journalist, acadimwits and show biz celebs. Security services would be provided by “deplorables”.
The US broke international law by eliminating Solieman? Really? The man who instigated Benghazi, who has been the orchestrator of the attacks on bother Iraqis and Americans in Iraq, and much, much more? What were we supposed to do? Allow him access to trump? I’m surprised that the former white house dweller didn’t get him to take Trump out as soon as he was declared the victor in November of 1016.
They are involved in warfare and we cannot retaliate? This is sick.
U.N. is a post-WW2 relic that should have been dissolved at the end of the Marshall Plan. A useless vestige of an alliance in a war that ended 75 years ago.
Decisive military action does have a way of upsetting all the leftist academics. I’m reminded of Cersi Lannister’s response to Ned Start when he presented King Roberts Last Will & Testament in the throne room. Something about “Paper Shields”.
Agree Sulemani is Sulekrispy
Hey Baron! Want some toasted marshmallows in the fireplace? The UN sent me something to light the fire with.
Hey Agnes... You are next!
Hey Agnes... Youre next
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