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UN investigator warns US on use of drones (targeted executions may violate international law)
AP on Yahoo ^
| 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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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: donttreadonme; drone; drones; investigator; islam; strike; tm; unitednations
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To: NormsRevenge
For the first time in my adult life, I'm proud of the U.N. /sarc>
Cheers!
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posted on
10/27/2009 9:14:06 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Eagles6
I’m afraid you’re right. 0bozo will probably stop this.
62
posted on
10/27/2009 9:14:16 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: unkus
Terrorists attacked the UN building in Kabul. 3 dead and have hostages. Do they STILL want us to do away with the drones?
63
posted on
10/27/2009 9:15:34 PM PDT
by
publana
(Obama, you will not intimidate me into not voicing my opinions.)
To: NormsRevenge
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."
Uh-oh. Catfight coming. Chicago vs Geneva; wuss vs wimps. Rival gangs. Battling pre-op tranny mud-wrestling international lawyers. A criminal underworld called Acorn vs the criminal overlords at the UN. I can't wait to see how BHO handles this one, after a few years of his thinking about it.
To: NormsRevenge
It is called war. If Islamicists want civil rights, they have to stop making war.
65
posted on
10/27/2009 9:20:09 PM PDT
by
donmeaker
(Invicto)
To: shibumi
Neco es omnes, Dios se agnoscet.
66
posted on
10/27/2009 9:23:06 PM PDT
by
donmeaker
(Invicto)
To: NormsRevenge
67
posted on
10/27/2009 9:24:52 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
To: tet68
Tsk. There you go, bringing logic into it again. Silly man.
68
posted on
10/27/2009 9:26:12 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
To: elpinta
Those flying things are way too cool! American ingenuity at it’s finest!
To: tet68
Well I guess this means we can’t use any fly-by-wire aircraft. There must be a mechanical linkage with the control surfaces.
I can see the “rules” now.
70
posted on
10/27/2009 9:27:40 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
Nice. I’m stealing that one...:)
71
posted on
10/27/2009 9:29:13 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
To: NormsRevenge
targeted executions Fine - don't 'target' - just let 'em rip
72
posted on
10/27/2009 9:31:58 PM PDT
by
maine-iac7
("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" LINCOLN)
To: NormsRevenge
I’ll see your international law and raise you one Predator...oops, sorry, you should put some ice on that.
73
posted on
10/27/2009 9:32:59 PM PDT
by
LaybackLenny
(Sarah Palin can see the left's heads explode from her house!)
To: gaijin
SANCTIONS. NASTY PAPERCUTS. NOBEL PRIZE RECOMMENDATIONS.
74
posted on
10/27/2009 9:37:46 PM PDT
by
Blogger
To: rlmorel
75
posted on
10/27/2009 9:38:30 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: NormsRevenge
Dear U.N.
Shove it.
Hiding behind one’s wives and children after blowing someone up must violate some international law too.
76
posted on
10/27/2009 9:38:52 PM PDT
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade, There are only two sides. Pick one.)
To: publana
I put nothing past 0bama’s masters.
77
posted on
10/27/2009 9:59:22 PM PDT
by
unkus
To: NormsRevenge
How, exactly, is a remote pilot firing a Hellfire from a drone, any different than a sniper pulling his trigger on the same targeted individual?
78
posted on
10/27/2009 9:59:53 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(God wants a Liberal or RINO hanging from every tree...or TWO, if they're UN meddlers.)
To: NormsRevenge
They should of awarded the peace prize to the Predator UAV.
79
posted on
10/27/2009 10:05:50 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
To: VeniVidiVici
Thanks for the picture.
Didn't he serve in Hitler's General Staff?
Was he born with a permanently sneering lip, or does he work at in in fornt of mirrors?
Is he a comrade member of the National Lawyers Guild?
80
posted on
10/27/2009 10:10:05 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(God wants a Liberal or RINO hanging from every tree...or TWO, if they're UN meddlers.)
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