U.N.: U.S. Broke International Law by Eliminating Soleimani
FTA:
The U.N. has been oddly quiet about Soleimani’s 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 Soleimani’s 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:
From conservative tree house. no idea what fuat is.
From fuat twitter feed.
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Reports that IRGC chief in Sanaa, East Yemen, has been killed in airstrike, earlier tonight.
Not confirmed yet.
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US military give the supporters of Al-Amiri, Al-Maliki and other armed groups a deadline until 3 am January 4 to get out of the Green Zone.
Otherwise everyone in the Green Zone belonging to armed groups will be arrested.
What we’re seeing is a dismantling of Shia militia and terror groups in Iraq by decapitating their leadership and (ultimately) their Iranian support networks. It’s about dang time!
Dems losing their minds and defending America’s enemies. Check.
UN mad at us. Check.
Euroweenies scared. Check.
Iranians and proxy leaders getting smoked. Check.
Its like Christmas all over again! Somebody pinch me.