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Deliberately destroying cultural centres is a war crime.
dapaterson said:Deliberately destroying cultural centres is a war crime.
FJAG said:According to Pence, Qassem Soleimani played a role in helping the 9/11 hijackers travel to Afghanistan.
Even Fox News isn't buying that.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pences-office-media-9-11-terrorists-soleimani
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rmc_wannabe said:FJAG,
I assume under LOAC "cultural significant" but also militarily important targets can be one and the same? For example, if Iran bombed the hell out of West Point or the Pentagon, the cultural impact would be felt, however it would be fair game being a military establishment and all?
Maybe the 52 targets are not just ammo depots and barracks, but HQs, trg establishments, etc. That have significance to Iranian culture?
mariomike said:CP24 reports on demonstrations at the US consulate in Toronto,
https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=1868582
Brihard said:I trust that American targeting and strike protocols would not allow the carrying out of manifestly unlawful orders.
tomahawk6 said:We haven't had the draft since the end of Vietnam. I actually enlisted in 1972 which was the start of the all volunteer Army. So the scare mongers are doing a disservice to our young people. We fought Desert Storm without having to draft. Under current guidelines many of these kids today wouldn't be able to get in due to being overweight so those guidelines would have to be relaxed.
tomahawk6 said:I saw the samething on TV but it now seems to be clash between pro-IRGC supporters and those who are opposed.
Pro-Iranian terrorist demonstrators build shrine for Qasem Soleimani in Toronto
https://www.thepostmillennial.com/pro-iranian-terrorist-demonstrators-build-shrine-in-downtown-toronto/
Pro-Iranian terrorist demonstrators build shrines for Qasem Soleimani in downtown Toronto
https://themediatimes.com/pro-iranian-terrorist-demonstrators-build-shrines-for-qasem-soleimani-in-downtown-toronto/
The Iraqi parliament passed a resolution Sunday calling on the government to expel U.S. troops from the country in response to the killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and the leader of an Iraqi militia on its soil.
Why it matters: The legal basis for the U.S. presence in Iraq is that it comes at Iraq's invitation. This vote does not formally revoke that invitation, but is a step along that path. A U.S. exit from Iraq could ultimately be one of the most consequential results of Soleimani's killing, because it would significantly hamper the fight against ISIS and achieve a major Iranian objective.
What they're saying: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Iraq "cannot accept" a "political assassination" on its soil. He called the attack a grave violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
Mahdi also revealed that Soleimani was in Baghdad at the time of his killing to meet with him and relay Iran's response to a Saudi request for dialogue.
Mahdi noted that he had personally worked to defuse the protests outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad earlier in the week, going so far as to threaten to step down if the militia behind the protests did not disperse.
President Trump thanked him for that effort, he said, at the same time he was planning an attack inside Iraq without permission.
Mahdi, who resigned in November amid mass protests in Iraq but remains as caretaker prime minister, previously warned that President Trump's decision would "light the fuse of war."
Behind the scenes: U.S. military leaders were "stunned" that Trump gave the order to kill Soleimani, a step they viewed as the "most extreme response to recent Iranian-led violence in Iraq," per the NY Times.
Trump administration officials have since said Trump had little choice because Soleimani was planning imminent attacks on U.S. and allied forces in the region, but have presented no evidence of such plans.
The resolution passed today calls not only on U.S. troops to leave Iraq, but the entire international coalition fighting Islamic State.
mariomike said:Saw this on the Toronto news,
Bruce Monkhouse said:Meh....people build "shrines" when a scumbag drug dealer gets taken out.
milnews.ca said:Next up
... What they're saying: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Iraq "cannot accept" a "political assassination" on its soil. He called the attack a grave violation of Iraqi sovereignty.
Mahdi also revealed that Soleimani was in Baghdad at the time of his killing to meet with him and relay Iran's response to a Saudi request for dialogue.
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The U.S. was justified in killing Soleimani—but is it ready for what comes next?
Terry Glavin:
Americans may ponder whether they’ve kicked off World War III. But Soleimani made many in the Mideast feel like they’re already in a world war.
by Terry GlavinJan 3, 2020
It may well have been capricious in the extreme for Donald Trump’s White House to order that spectacular hit in Iraq, but lets face it: the airstrike target was the Lord of the Flies. He got nothing less than he visited upon countless others who—unlike him—had no blood on their hands.
Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian major-general who was incinerated in a precision Pentagon airstrike in Iraq on Thursday, was not just the most ruthless and blood-soaked warlord in the entire Middle East. He was Iran’s military-intelligence mastermind and the head of the Quds Force, which put him at the pinnacle of Tehran’s extraterritorial terror, espionage and military chain of command.
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