U.S. Says Russia Will Be Held Accountable for ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

[Grim Reaper 6]

3 hours ago, acidhead said:

Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 911.  The Iraqis didn't finance or accommodate any terrorists.  This was admitted by Bush.

do, you have a source for that!!!!!!

[+Nuclear Wessel]

8 hours ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

because there are no Atrocities perpetrated by the United States military leadership, or Government.

You can't be serious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

There are tons that the US can and should be held accountable for, but that will never happen because it is a well-oiled war/money machine.

My point is that he invokes whataboutisms whenever Russia is criticized for atrocities and warcrimes, in topics about the Russo-Ukrainian war. They're all attempts to basically attenuate Russia's crimes against humanity.

Edited February 19, 2023 by Nuclear Wessel

[Occult1]

1 hour ago, Nuclear Wessel said:

My point is that he invokes whataboutisms whenever Russia is criticized for atrocities and warcrimes, in topics about the Russo-Ukrainian war. They're all attempts to basically attenuate Russia's crimes against humanity.

No one even doubt that Russia (and also Ukraine BTW) has committed  war crimes.

But the U.S. calling out Russia isn't credible.

Edited February 19, 2023 by Occult1

[+Nuclear Wessel]

7 minutes ago, Occult1 said:

But the U.S. calling out Russia isn't credible.

Saying it's not credible doesn't mean it's not credible...

[Grim Reaper 6]

4 hours ago, Nuclear Wessel said:

You can't be serious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

There are tons that the US can and should be held accountable for, but that will never happen because it is a well-oiled war/money machine.

My point is that he invokes whataboutisms whenever Russia is criticized for atrocities and warcrimes, in topics about the Russo-Ukrainian war. They're all attempts to basically attenuate Russia's crimes against humanity.

Name one that is recent, last 20 years .

[+Nuclear Wessel]

41 minutes ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

Name one that is recent, last 20 years .

Seems that there were a lot of war crimes in Afghanistan. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_Afghanistan

I found this particularly interesting:

 

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2018 US snub of the International Criminal Court[edit]

In September 2018, the United States threatened to arrest and impose sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) judges and other officials if they charged any US soldiers who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.^[70] The US further stated it would not cooperate with the ICC if it carried out an investigation into allegations of war crimes by the US in Afghanistan.^[71] On 12 April 2019 a panel of ICC judges decided not to open an investigation regarding Afghanistan. The Court's chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda provided a report that established "a reasonable basis" that crimes had been committed, but they decided against continuing because the US and other parties would not cooperate.^[72][73] In March 2020, senior judges at the ICC called for the investigation into war crimes by the US, Afghan and Taliban troops in Afghanistan, overturning the previous rejection of a probe into the US’ role in committing war crimes.^[74]

 

 

And there are others.

 

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2002 prisoner torture at Bagram Theater Internment Facility[edit]

In 2002, two unarmed civilian Afghan prisoners were tortured and later killed by US armed forces personnel at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (also Bagram Collection Point or B.C.P.) in Bagram, Afghanistan.^[47] The prisoners, Habibullah and Dilawar, were chained to the ceiling and beaten, which caused their deaths.^[48] Military coroners ruled that both the prisoners' deaths were homicides.^[49] Autopsies revealed severe trauma to both prisoners' legs, describing the trauma as comparable to being run over by a bus. Fifteen soldiers were charged.

2003 homicide of Abdul Wali[edit]

On 21 June 2003, David Passaro, a CIA contractor and former United States Army Ranger, killed Abdul Wali, a prisoner at a US base 16 km (10 mi) south of Asadabad, in Kunar Province. Passaro was found guilty of one count of felony assault with a dangerous weapon and three counts of misdemeanor assault. On 10 August 2009, he was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months in prison.^[50][51]

2010 Kandahar homicides[edit]

During the summer of 2010, ISAF charged five United States Army soldiers with the murder of three Afghan civilians in Kandahar province and collecting their body parts as trophies in what came to be known as the Maywand District murders. In addition, seven soldiers were charged with crimes such as hashish use, impeding an investigation and attacking the whistleblower, Specialist Justin Stoner.^[52][53][54] Eleven of the twelve soldiers were convicted on various counts.^[55]

2012 Kandahar massacre[edit]

Main article: Kandahar massacre

On 11 March 2012, the Kandahar massacre occurred when sixteen civilians were killed and six wounded in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.^[59][60] Nine of the victims were children,^[60] and eleven of the dead were from the same family.^[61] United States Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales was taken into custody and charged with sixteen counts of premeditated murder. Bales pleaded guilty to sixteen counts of premeditated murder as part of a plea deal to avoid a death sentence, and was subsequently sentenced to life in prison without parole and dishonorably discharged from the United States Army.^[62]

2014 Amnesty International allegations[edit]

In November 2014, Amnesty International accused the Pentagon of covering up evidence related to war crimes, torture and unlawful killings in Afghanistan.^[63]

2015 Kunduz hospital airstrike[edit]

Main article: Kunduz hospital airstrike

On 3 October 2015, a USAF airstrike hit a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz during the Battle of Kunduz. 42 people were killed and over 30 were injured in the airstrike.^[64] Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said the airstrike may have been a war crime.^[65] Eleven days after the airstrike, a US tank entered the hospital compound. Doctors Without Borders officials said: "Their unannounced and forced entry damaged property, destroyed potential evidence and caused stress and fear for the MSF team."^[66] The United States Central Command's investigation concluded that personnel failed to comply with the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict, but that the airstrike was not a war crime, due to the lack of intentionality. The investigation found that the incident resulted from a mixture of human errors and equipment failures, and that none of the personnel knew they were striking a medical facility,^[67] Desk analysis by law professor Jens David Ohlin was inconclusive about a war crime being committed.^[68] Doctors without Borders rejected the US internal investigation, noting that it was undertaken by a party to the conflict and stated the bombing of a hospital was a violation of international humanitarian law.^[69]

War crimes by Australian Defence Forces[edit]

Australian whistleblower David McBride leaked classified documents to ABC journalists in 2017, who went on to produce a series called The Afghan Files.^[75] The documents covered a wide range of topics, including multiple cases of unlawful killings of unarmed civilians.^[76] In response to the leak, the Australian Federal Police raided the ABC's offices in June 2019.^[77] The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force publicly released a redacted version of the Afghanistan Inquiry, otherwise known as the Brereton Report,^[78] in November 2020, detailing misconduct by Australian troops in Afghanistan, predominantly the SAS.^[79] It found evidence of 39 unlawful killings by Australian forces, including murdering non-combatants and the execution of prisoners, resulting in the disbandment of an SAS squadron and a police investigation.^[80]

Investigations into further unlawful killings continue among reporting of an alleged incident of Australian forces killing a bound prisoner. ^[81][82] The platoon commander of the allegedly responsible unit, Heston Russell, refutes these claims.^[83] [84]

White phosphorus use[edit]

White phosphorus has been condemned by human rights organizations as cruel and inhumane because it causes severe burns. White phosphorus burns on the bodies of civilians wounded in clashes near Bagram were confirmed. The US claims at least 44 instances in which militants have used white phosphorus in weapons or attacks.^[85] In May 2009, the US confirmed that Western military forces in Afghanistan use white phosphorus to illuminate targets or as an incendiary to destroy bunkers and enemy equipment.^[86][87] US forces used white phosphorus to screen a retreat in the Battle of Ganjgalwhen regular smoke munitions were not available.^[88]