Posted on 03/04/2018 5:35:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Amnesty International said an analysis of an official Feb. 21 video released by the Egyptian military, trumpeting the triumphs of its northern Sinai crackdown on militants, showed one of the weapons, which can kill and maim indiscriminately.
Although the video described the weapons as improvised explosive devices planted by the militants, Amnesty said, the markings on one identified it as an American-made Mk-118 anti-tank anti-personnel submunition, "which could only have been dropped by the Egyptian Air Force."
Amnesty said the video showed the weapon to be "untampered with and in good condition despite its age," with an identifying number clearly visible. "This suggests that the submunition has been deployed in recent operations," Amnesty said in a news release.
"This new video confirms our worst fears, that the Egyptian armed forces are using cluster bombs in North Sinai," the group said...
Egypt, like many other Middle East countries, has not signed the treaty banning cluster munitions. While the United States has not signed the treaty either, it pledged in 2008 to restrict their use.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Images from Egypt's Defense Ministry are said to show Egyptian soldiers on a counterterrorism mission in the Sinai Peninsula. Amnesty International has accused Egypt of using outlawed cluster bombs in its Sinai campaign. Credit Egyptian Ministry of Defence
Good
4 soldiers, 10 jihadis killed in Egypt Sinai campaign
Latest deaths raise military casualties to 16 since start of sweeping operation against Islamic State last month
By AFP 4 March 2018
https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-soldiers-10-jihadis-killed-in-egypt-sinai-campaign/
They repeatedly refer to them as “banned” and then go on to explain that no one has agreed to that.
Brilliant!!
Who “outlawed” them and why do we give a crap?
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Amnesty International's worst fears are not that jihadists are trying to take over the Sinai and overthrow the gov't of Egypt, but rather "that the Egyptian armed forces are using cluster bombs in North Sinai". Not only has Egypt *not* signed the ban, there are also near-zero odds of shrapnel hitting non-combatants in the ****ing Sinai. It is my hope that Egypt starts hunting down the AI a-holes and cutting their throats -- and I mean that in the nicest possible way of course.
Note also AI's use of "North Sinai" instead of the correct "Sinai" or "northern Sinai", or even "Egypt's Sinai". AI is once again showing that it is in the bag for jihadists, as are the shills writing this hit piece for the Slimes.
“It is my hope that Egypt starts hunting down the AI a-holes and cutting their throats — and I mean that in the nicest possible way of course.”
A sharp knife as opposed to a dull, rusty one.
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More BS from AI.
So no one has signed on against these munitions but AI says they’re banned.
I think the real point of AI is saying....American Made...
If it’s doing the job, FINE WITH ME!
Is there any information on this from a source that is at least vaguely credible?
Amnesty International is, afterall, a global government funded propaganda tool, and their track record makes the Southern Poverty Law Center look like a model of objectivity.
As long as al-Sisi remains in power, Egypt has a chance.
Need a North Korean Missile? Call the Cairo Embassy
By DECLAN WALSH
MARCH 3, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/world/middleeast/egypt-north-korea-sanctions-arms-dealing.html
Egypt Reportedly Ordered 30,000 Rockets From North Korea in $23m Deal Foiled by U.S.
haaretz | Oct 02, 2017
Posted on 10/02/2017 10:52:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3591251/posts
and from 2001:
So what can Egypt hit with it’s New North Korea Missles?
none | today | none
Posted on 12/10/2001 1:31:05 PM PST by CJ Wolf
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/587624/posts
and from one of Soetero’s lifelong leftist cadre:
Islamist or Nationalist: Who is Egypt’s Mysterious New Pharaoh?
Foreign Policy Research Institute | October 2013 | by Raymond Stock
Posted on 10/20/2013 9:00:19 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3081246/posts?page=8#8
This topic counts. :^)
thanks, that link led me to this:
Hillary Clinton Voted to Continue Cluster Bombing Civilians, something she criticized Gaddafi for. More than 98% of known cluster bomb victims are civilians and 40% are children, who are drawn to the small, toy-like metal objects
http://rebrn.com/re/hillary-clinton-voted-to-continue-cluster-bombing-civilians-some-2590871/
I don’t care what kind of munitions they use as long as they blow the jihadis back to Allah (Satan)
Here’s the Egyptian Twitter feed cited by AI, furrin language experience may be helpful.
https://twitter.com/EgyArmySpox/status/961905506439827457
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