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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 04:50 PM
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Warnings warnings and no one listens....
Then again... why should they... even after all the civilian and military DEATHS laid upon Iraq in 1991, even after we bombed their civilian infrastructure to hell and back, even after we massacred their retreating lines (miles long) in the desert, still, they had nothing to do with 911.... imagine that... how forgiving they must all be... huh... well all that is over, if you thought there was hatred of America before, just wait until you see what these boobs have unleashed, Bin Laden could not have better cheerleaders.

http://www.casi.org.uk/discuss/2003/msg00290.html

Re: CONSEQUENCES OF FUTURE USE OF FORCE AGAINST IRAQ

>>Dear Sirs:

We, the undersigned Law Professors and U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations write to you to raise
our concerns about possible violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) that may occur in
any future use of force against Iraq. This letter does not concede or accept that any future use of
force would be lawful under international law. Nor do we accept that all “peaceful means” to
resolve the dispute have been exhausted as required under Article 33 of the UN Charter. Indeed, we
consider that any future use of force without a new U.N. Security Council Resolution would
constitute a crime against peace or aggressive war in violation of the U.N. Charter.

Our primary concern in this letter is with the large number of civilian casualties that may result
should U.S. and coalition forces fail to comply with IHL in using force against Iraq, in
particular, the fundamental rules of distinction, military necessity and proportionality.<1>
Large
numbers of civilian casualties were documented during the Gulf War 1991 and there is now published
information that there will be a large number of civilian casualties in this war.

High level, indiscriminate, air-strikes on known centers of civilian population.

Carpet bombing.

Fuel-air explosives, cluster bombs, multiple rocket launcher systems or nuclear weapons, including
B61-11s (tactical nuclear earth-penetrating weapons designed to destroy deep underground targets.)

Excessive targeting of electricity supplies causing damage to civilian facilities reliant upon such
supplies, for example, water supply and treatment facilities and hospitals.

Bombing of works or installations containing “dangerous forces”, namely, dams, dykes and
nuclear electrical generating stations.

Bombing specifically aimed at terrorizing or undermining the morale of civilians or that is
designed to cause civilians to overthrow an existing government.<<
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 05:04 PM
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1. Think about it
If Russia or China had unilaterally invaded a country and done this to the population, wouldn't be we be condemning them and doing everything we could to stop them? And if, God forbid, a foreign country invaded us, killing innocent civilians and desecrating holy buildings, wouldn't we be fighting back, tooth and nail?

Why can't Americans see that we are heading for disaster? We will be labeled an international parriah and be condemned by the nationas of the world.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-28-04 05:16 PM
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2. doing everything we could to stop them?
No... we WOULD stop them, pure and simple... this is all part of that mindset do as we say, not as we have done, are doing, and will continue to do whenever and wherever we choose.
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