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UN investigator warns US on use of drones (targeted executions may violate international law)
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| 10/27/09
| Edith M. Lederer - ap
Posted on 10/27/2009 7:53:42 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
UNITED NATIONS A U.N. human rights investigator warned the United States Tuesday that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law.
Philip Alston said that unless the Obama administration explains the legal basis for targeting particular individuals and the measures it is taking to comply with international humanitarian law which prohibits arbitrary executions, "it will increasingly be perceived as carrying out indiscriminate killings in violation of international law."
Alston, the U.N. Human Rights Council's investigator on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, raised the issue of U.S. Predator drones in a report to the General Assembly's human rights committee and at a news conference afterwards, saying he has become increasingly concerned at the dramatic increase in their use, especially in Afghanistan and Pakistan, since June.
He said the U.S. response that the Geneva-based council and the General Assembly have no role in relation to killings during an armed conflict "is simply untenable."
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the U.S. response that the Geneva-based council and the General Assembly have no role in relation to killings during an armed conflict “is simply untenable.”
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Hey, UN Human Rights Guy.. Shove it!
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posted on
10/27/2009 7:55:17 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
Recommended: bold-facing, all caps, sternly-worded letters....
OTHER METHODS OF UN RETALIATION, ANYONE?
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posted on
10/27/2009 7:55:49 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: NormsRevenge
Those who fight wars with slavish devotion to the rules are bound to fail.
-US Grant
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posted on
10/27/2009 7:58:52 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: NormsRevenge
What’s that guys coordinates?
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posted on
10/27/2009 7:59:00 PM PDT
by
rsobin
Predator UAV carrying an Hellfire-C laser-guided missile.
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posted on
10/27/2009 7:59:26 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
Got it: manned aircraft used to mass-murder non-combatants is OK.
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posted on
10/27/2009 7:59:32 PM PDT
by
elpinta
(Change: check. Hope: not so much.)
Alston is a Professor of law at NYU or was.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:00:26 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
I don't know where to begin...
At least GW would have said "Phillip who? Tell him to go pound sand">
"commander zero" may well take this very "seriesly".
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:01:35 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
To: NormsRevenge
Oh, yes, please. Let’s continue to send in our brightest young men on parole to get shot at like sitting ducks rather than a drone that might kill a Taliban.
To: NormsRevenge
What hogwash, they are not unmanned they are remotely
piloted, no different from any other weapons platform.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:01:55 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: NormsRevenge
Hey UN, who’s gonna stop us?
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:02:08 PM PDT
by
Exton1
To: NormsRevenge
U.N. tries to undermine U.S. war effort. And this is something new?
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:02:37 PM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(Sarah Palin: Americas last, best hope for survival.)
To: NormsRevenge
Did he happen to mention anything about randomly targeting civilians and suicide bombings? No? Hmmm... strange...
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:03:52 PM PDT
by
pgyanke
(You have no "rights" that require an involuntary burden on another person. Period. - MrB)
To: NormsRevenge; Salamander; Markos33
" A U.N. human rights investigator warned the United States Tuesday that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law."
Gee, sounds like it's time to use the old saw:
"KILL 'EM ALL - LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT."
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:04:24 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: NormsRevenge
Fly one by his window every once in a while and really mess with his mind. Do we have one that hovers?
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:04:27 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The Democrats scare me, the GOP infuriates me.")
To: rsobin
“Whats that guys coordinates?”
Lol... I was thinking along the same lines.
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:05:08 PM PDT
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:05:49 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: NormsRevenge
A U.N. human rights investigator warned the United States Tuesday that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law.This is simply laughable. We are fighting a war with people who strap bombs to their body and blow up children. And the UN wants to lecture us about "international la". Give me a break.
To: Exton1
“Hey UN, whos gonna stop us?”
Zero?
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posted on
10/27/2009 8:06:27 PM PDT
by
elpinta
(Change: check. Hope: not so much.)
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