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FROM THE TCI WIRE:
It's war, war, war all the time thanks to no real
change in the Oval Office in years. As Syria remains targeted,
international law expert Francis A. Boyle weighed in today:
Professor
of International Law at the University of Illinois College of Law in
Champaign, Boyle said today: "Without authorization by the United
Nations Security Council and express authorization from the U.S.
Congress pursuant to the terms of the War Powers Resolution, for
President Obama to establish any type of so-called 'no-fly zone' over
Syria would be illegal, unconstitutional, and impeachable." While
serving as the Lawyer for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in
1993, Boyle procured the NATO no-fly zone over Bosnia. He is the author
of The Bosnian People Charge Genocide (Aletheia Press: 1966).
Staying on the topic of Syria, on yesterday's Flashpoints Radio on KPFA (here for KPFA archive -- after 14 days, the show will only be archived at Flashpoints
site), guest host Kevin Pina spoke with a Syrian correspondent. His
name was something like Al'a Ibrahim. (Something like? I'm not sure of
the spelling.) We'll do an excerpt.
Kevin
Pina: My last question is you've probably heard in Damascus the
increasing rhetoric by the Obama adminstration, Secretary [of State]
Hillary Clinton certainly raising the stakes, saying openly that they
are preparing for a post government, a government post-Assad
dictatorship -- as they're describing it. Has there been any reaction
in Damascua? Have people heard of it, these pronouncements by Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton?
Syrian
Correspondent in Damascus: Well though it's very useful to call on the
statements of the American Secretary of State Clinton and American
President Barack Obama, I don't know how much we can count on them.
Let's keep in mind, President Obama said last year, in June, that the
days of President [Bashir] al-Assad were numbered. Yet, a year later,
he's still in power. He still controls the army. He still controls the
country and everything seems to be at his hands right now. So as
important as these statemens may be as an indication of where the
American politics are going and what they will do, I wouldn't count on
this? I think one way or anorther we're seeing the events in Syria.
They're saying they've been preparing for the post-Assad era and they
should worry about all the free army. The Free Army is obviously linked
to al Qaeda, is obviously linked to jihadists. Everyone knows that.
You have people coming from all over the world to fight the Syrian
government, a secular government. [. . .] Who will they attack later
on? I've been speaking today with one of my sources inside the Free
Syrian Army and he told me something very interesting. There's a rift
growing right now between the Free Army and these and when we talk about
the when we talk about the Free Army, we're talking about mainy that
includes some deserting soldiers, some people who are against the
government, some people who have issues with authority one way or the
other.
And the other side? The
Islamic Movement, the Red Brigade and the front for al Qaeda. The
correspondent noted that in addition to the growing rift, he has also
observed this second side burying weapons. Why? They're convinced that
President Bashar al-Assad will be driven out of the country and that
when that happens, that's when they will need weapons to take over the
country.
That's who the US government has
gotten into bed with. And it does matter who you get in bed with. The
US government previously hopped into bed with Jasim Mohammed Hassin
Ramadon. The Iraqi should have sent off alarm signals and would have in
any thinking person's head. "Turncoat" is the only word for him. He
repeatedly turned over Iraqis, snitched on them, to the US military.
Some might applaud that but I think even those who applaud would pause
when they learned that among those who snitched and saw taken away was
his own father. Matt Stafford (KOAA) told
the tale of the snitch and as Iraq War veteran Delman Fletcher says in
that report, "13 years old; who would turn in their father?" Exactly.
The
snitch is making headlines again. The 22-year-old* is now accused of a
violent assault. [*22? In the KOAA story already linked to, he is
said to be 19. That was last October. All outlets today are reporting
he is 22.] AP explains
the turncoat "is one of five Iraqis accused of rape-related chartes
after a woman suffered serious injuries during a [. . .] assault in
Colorado Springs." Andy Koen (KOAA) reports
that the police say "a significant of blood" was all over the crime
scene and quotes police Lt Howard Black stating, "I would tell you that
this is one of the most horrific [. . .] assault crimes I've seen in my
career as a police officer." [What's missing? "Sexual." We say over
and over -- rightly -- that rape is not about sex. So why are we
calling these crimes "sexual assaults"? I don't know. I've heard it
questioned by others but only registered as a result of our noting
various assaults here. From this point forward, we're not including
"sexual" before assaults in these cases.] The other four suspects
arrested are Ali Mohammed Hasan Al Juboori, Sarmad Fadhi Mohammed, Yasir
Jabbar Jasim and Mustafa Sataar Al Feraji. And, yes, they all are
suspects at this point, even Jasim Mohammed Hassin Ramadon. But when
you snitch on your father, when you snitch on your own father and get
him turned over to foreign forces in your country, no one's going to
rush to give you too much benefit of the doubt. All five men are
Iraqis.
Jasim Moahmmed Hassin Ramadon has been charged with assault and with being an accessory. Charges are pending against the others. CBS Denver adds
that, "Police say she [the victim] sufered significant internal
injuries consistent with blunt force trauma and serious bodily injuries
that they say they rarely see. Because the men are Iraqis with
permanent resident status, the Colorado Springs Police Department says
they may be deported if they are convicted." On this story, the US
press would do well to stop referring to Ramadon as a "hero." In Iraq,
he's not considered a hero. You don't turn your own father over to
foreign, occupying forces and get to be called a 'hero.' If he is
found guilty, his attorney will most likely (he has a public defender at
present) argue against returning him to Iraq by insisting that
Ramadon's collaboration with the US military means he is at risk of
being killed if he returns to Iraq. Should that argument take place,
the American news consumer will grasp it a lot quicker if this 'hero'
nonsense was dropped.
The news cycle started today with Australia as Ninesmn reported former
Minister of Defense Robert Hill (2001 to 2006) was insisting that
Australia didn't need an inquiry into the Iraq War with him declaring,
"There's a lot of big challenges out there in the world today, including
challenges of peace and security." And that could have been the end of
it. Certainly after the miserable inquiry into the death of Jake
Kovko, no one can expect much in the way of honesty from the Australian
government on the topic of Iraq. But then other voices began weighing
in. Radio Australia notes, "Former defence secretary Paul Barratt has told Australia Network's Newsline
it is apparent now that in the lead-up to the war there was a great
deal of manipulation of intelligence within the US system." Richard Norton-Taylor (Guardian) reports:
Demands
for an inquiry are led by former Liberal prime minister, Malcolm
Fraser, former defence secretary, Paul Barratt, and former chief of the
Australian Defence Force, General Peter Gration.
In
a foreword to the publication "Why did we go to war in Iraq? A call for
an Australian inquiry", which says Australia was exposed to the
accusation of waging an illegal war, Fraser writes that an inquiry would
not rake over old coals but rather "develop a better understanding of
how warfare decisions are reached and to strengthen the governmental
structures against precipitous or ill-considered actions in future."
The
call for an inquiry is also supported by a statement signed by 30
leading academics in politics and law, retired senior diplomats and
experts in the field of war and conflict.
Ramesh Thakur (National Times) has come up with eight reasons why an inquiy is needed. Here are the first three reasons:
There
are several reasons why an inquiry would be timely, if not overdue.
First, 2013 will mark the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Iraq
War. A decade on is a good time to reflect back on the reasons,
circumstances and decision-making procedures by which a country went to
any war.
Second, there is by now
widespread, although not unanimous, international agreement that the
Iraq War was morally wrong, illegal, unjustified and had many seriously
damaging consequences for Western interests. The primary justification
for going to war was to destroy an alleged active program of building
weapons of mass destruction. This has been proven false. In 2008 former
secretary of state Madeleine Albright said that the invasion of Iraq was
''the greatest disaster in American foreign policy'', worse even than
Vietnam in its unintended consequences. We need to study the long-term
consequences of the war for Australia's security interests.
Third,
prime minister John Howard committed Australia to war by citing the
ANZUS Treaty. Yet the Iraq War may itself have been in violation of
Australia's international obligations under ANZUS. Its Article 1
obligates all members to settle any international disputes ''by peaceful
means in such a manner that international peace and security and
justice are not endangered and to refrain in their international
relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent
with the purposes of the United Nations''. Australia must reconcile its
ANZUS and UN obligations.
And in Iraq, multiple acts of violence. Mohammed Tawfeeq (CNN) reports
a Baquba car bombing claimed 3 lives and left nine more people injured
while in Muqdadiya a car bombing was quickly followed by a second
bombing resulting in 7 deaths and twenty-seven people injured. al-Shorfa adds that Iyad Hussein Ahmed ("lead judicial investigator in Mosul) was shot dead in Mosul. All Iraq News reports
a police officer was shot dead in Mosul and a woman and her daughter
were left wounded due to an attack on the checkpoint by unknown
assailants. AP reports
2 Yazidis were shot dead in Qahataniya (the two were brothers). AFP
notes a Dohuk sticky bombing which left two people injured. In
addition, Alsumaria notes the PKK has announced they killed 2 Turkish soldiers near the Iraq border. Margaret Griffis (Antiwar.com) counts 13 people reported dead yesterday in Iraq and another seventeen reported injured. Also today, Ahlul Bayt News Agency reports another mass arrest, this time 7 were arrested in Anbar Province.
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