According to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks, U.S. troops willfully massacred an Iraqi family in the town of Ishaqi in 2006, handcuffing and then shooting 11 people in the head including a woman in her 70′s and five children ages five and under.
McClatchy is reporting that the soldiers then called in an air strike on the house to cover up evidence of the killings.
This account differs sharply from an official version of the 2006 incident, which indicated that coalition forces captured an al Qaeda in Iraq operative in the house, which was destroyed in a firefight. The WikiLeaks cable, however, corroborates accounts by Ishaqi townspeople and includes questions about the incident by Philip Alston, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
The cable is dated twelve days after the incident, which took place March 15, 2006. In it, Alston says that autopsies performed in Tikrit on bodies pulled from the wreckage of the farmhouse indicated that all of the dead had been handcuffed and shot in the head.
If true, this action, although not as egregious as the My Lai massacre of March 16, 1968, wherein 347-504 unarmed civilians were shot to death by U.S. forces during the Vietnam conflict, still speaks volumes about war and the atrocities committed for war’s sake.
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I guess war crimes and crimes against humanity, cease to be of importance when you’re the USA (and when Obama’s got your back, ensuring your immunity).
Nearly any other developed country in the world - Bush (and Blair) would be at the International Criminal Court right now.
But hey, I guess ‘democracy’ has it’s perks.
This and many more human rights violations by USA.
There’s no excuse for punishing a whole population for the acts of individuals which they cannot be collectively held responsible.
In the statement, released by the prime minister’s office, Netanyahu expressed “appall at the continuous slaughter of innocent civilians by (President Bashar) Assad’s forces.” He added that “Iran and Hezbollah cannot be separated from Assad’s massacre, and the world needs to take action against them as well.”
Hezbollah needs to be held accountable? Excuse me, but leaders of Hezbollah have been condemning the massacres in Syria for quite some time. In fact, the right-wing circle jerk Jerusalem Post just posted an article today of them condemning the Houla massacre.
Of course, the Jerusalem Post says that Hezbollah is Assad’s main ally in Lebanon, but that contradicts official reports. The Daily Star stated that Hezbollah has confirmed that they will never fight and have never fought in Syria, and Lebanon is their main concern. It also confirms that Hezbollah backs the majority of Syrians who want reform and that they support the resistance.
When will people realize that Hezbollah is a valid representative of the Lebanese people?
sidieuleveut replied to your post: I’m getting slandered on various Zionist blogs! …
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I know, I laughed myself. XD
Them Zionists, they’re renowned for their comedic genius.
muacaiik replied to your post: I’m getting slandered on various Zionist blogs! …
they probably dont have better arguments lol
They honestly don’t!
The amount of times I’ve been told I’m illegitimate to talk about Israel by Israelis because I’m nowhere near there geographically is unreal.
Funnily enough though, they won’t listen to the Palestinians whose land they occupy, nor any of their neighbours or geographically-close countries.
Apparently geographic proximity isn’t a good argument against analysing policy of a country…
Who would of knew?
More awesome punk Muslim lady!
She can’t show her hair, but she can show her punk soul.
I’m getting slandered on various Zionist blogs!
One guy said that I’m illegitimate to talk about Israeli policy because the worst thing to happen to me was my favourite Elizabethan tea cup my nan bought me broke.
Do you get it guise? It’s ‘cause I’m British. Hardy-hardy-har.
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