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War Crimes stories:
Fort Hood captain: Hasan wanted patients to face war crimes charges
Nov 17th, 2009 - Dallasnews
Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan sought to have some of his patients prosecuted for war crimes based on statements they made during psychiatric sessions with him...
Rights group: Israel 'personally attacking' us over Gaza war report
Nov 14th, 2009 - Haaretz
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of launching an "organized campaign" of lies and misinformation against it in the wake of the organization's support of the Goldstone report...
Legal row over Gaza report intensifies
Nov 6th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Mr Goldstone's report is seeking accountability
The United Nations-backed report on the Gaza war has triggered major controversy since it was released nearly two months ago.
The lengthy document - named after its main author...Israel Rejects UN War Crimes Resolution
Nov 6th, 2009 - VOA News
Israel has responded angrily to a United Nations resolution that accuses the Jewish state of war crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Israel says the United...Israel rejects U.N. assembly vote on Gaza war
Nov 6th, 2009 - Reuters
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as "completely detached from realities.
War Crimes videos from YouTube:
- War Crimes Caught on VideoVideo of war crimes committed by the Bush Regime in Iraq. Not for the feint of heart.
- War Crimes over the Christians...Muslim Extremist and Al Qaeda massacred Christians all over the Bosnia in front of "international Communitty"
- US Snipers use "Baiting"...CBS story: about the planting of 9v batteries, wiring, timers, and rounds of ammo by US Military Snipers to persuade or entice passers-by to pick them up. If they are unfortunate enough to leave with the item ...
- Gaza's War Crimes - Israel/PalestineMarch 2009 www.guardian.co.uk This powerful report looks at the alleged Israeli war crimes committed during the Gaza War. We show blindfolded children being used as human shields alongside innocent civilians and medics being targeted ...
War Crimes from WikiPedia:
War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war"; including "murder, the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied territory to slave labor camps", "the murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war", the killing of hostages, "the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devastation not justified by military, or civilian necessity".
Similar concepts, such as perfidy, have existed for many centuries as customary law between civilized countries. Many of these customary laws were clarified in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. The modern concept of war crime was further developed under the auspices of the Nuremberg Trials based on the definition in the London Charter that was published on August 8, 1945. (Also see Nuremberg Principles.) Along with war crimes the charter also defined crimes against peace and crimes against humanity, which are often committed during wars and in concert with war crimes.
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